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Beowulf

By (author) Seamus Heaney
Genres: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, United Kingdom
Published: 1st Mar 2007
Dimensions: w 137mm h 215mm d 20mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN-10: 0571230415
ISBN-13: 9780571230419
Barcode No: 9780571230419
Synopsis
Composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, this work is the narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. It is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath.

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"'The whole performance is wonderfully intermediate - poised between the Bible and folk wisdom, between the Light Ages and the Dark Ages - and at the same time pulverisingly actual in its language. He has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece.' Andrew Motion, Financial Times"