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Beowulf (Signet Classics)Beowulf (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $2.29
This book is absolutely terrible! Everyone's grandmother would be ashamed to know the language...
Beowulf: A New Verse TranslationBeowulf: A New Verse Translation
Best Price: $11.75
This is such a beautiful translation of the story of Beowulf that all others pale by comparison....
Beowulf (Broadview Literary Texts Series)Beowulf (Broadview Literary Texts Series)
Best Price: $7.60
As good as the Heaney is in presenting Beowulf as a sublime work of art, this more humble work...
Beowulf the Warrior (Living History Library)Beowulf the Warrior (Living History Library)
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This handy edition of Beowulf has the virtue of being easily approachable by an average reader,...
Beowulf (Dover Thrift Editions)Beowulf (Dover Thrift Editions)
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I wanted to read Beowulf before seeing the movie, so I decided to listen to this audio edition...


Beowulf (Oxford World's Classics)Beowulf (Oxford World's Classics)
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I own, and have read, a couple of dozen translations of "Beowulf," and have probably...
Beowulf and the Critics (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Vol. 248)Beowulf and the Critics (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Vol. 248)
Best Price: $38.00
This volume is well designed to convey a huge amount of information in as painless a form as...
The Earliest English Poems (Penguin Classics)The Earliest English Poems (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.60
One of the characteristic aspects of Old English/Anglo-Saxon poetry is that it is highly...
Beowulf: A Prose Translation, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions)Beowulf: A Prose Translation, Second Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
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A very useful book on a cult poem in English literature, maybe the founding poem of English...
Finn and Hengest: The Fragment and the EpisodeFinn and Hengest: The Fragment and the Episode
For all of you Middle Earth fans, the appendices in "The Lord of the Rings" were just...


Beowulf: Old English Edition (Penguin English Poets)Beowulf: Old English Edition (Penguin English Poets)
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Being English today's 'lingua franca', it is necessary, or at least highly convenient and...
The Editing of Old English: Papers from the 1990 Manchester ConferenceThe Editing of Old English: Papers from the 1990 Manchester Conference
Best Price: $57.35
Textual criticism is a topical subject and the twenty essays in this book offer a wide spectrum...
A Guide to Old English, Sixth EditionA Guide to Old English, Sixth Edition
Best Price: $6.00
Having read several other language texts, I was expecting an organization wherein each chapter...
Old English Literature: Critical EssaysOld English Literature: Critical Essays
Best Price: $14.97
Recognizing the dramatic changes in Old English studies over the past generation, this...
A History of Old English Meter (Middle Ages Series)A History of Old English Meter (Middle Ages Series)

BeowulfBeowulf
Best Price: $4.50
I am currently taking an Old English class. This semester we are translating Beowulf. This...
SHAMANISM & OLD ENGL POETRY (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)SHAMANISM & OLD ENGL POETRY (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Penguin Classics)Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Penguin Classics)
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Beowulf is the most important traditional epic in the Old English language and, I would argue,...
Seafarer (UEP - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)Seafarer (UEP - Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies)
Best Price: $19.95
This tale has always represented an outstanding glimpse into the Old English traditions. When I...
The Old English Elegies: New Essays in Criticism and ResearchThe Old English Elegies: New Essays in Criticism and Research
Best Price: $127.64

Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)Old and Middle English: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Best Price: $14.00
This will surely become THE definitive anthology of Old and Middle English literature. Editor...
Sources of Anglo Saxon Literary Culture: A Trial Version (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)Sources of Anglo Saxon Literary Culture: A Trial Version (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies)Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)Representations of the Natural World in Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Best Price: $82.40
This book examines descriptions of the natural world in a wide range of Old English poetry. ...
Feast of Creatures CBFeast of Creatures CBBeginning Old EnglishBeginning Old English
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This is a simple introduction to Old English for students with little or no linguistic...

Old English Homily and Its BackgroundOld English Homily and Its Background
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Reading Beowulf: An introduction to the poem, its background, and its styleReading Beowulf: An introduction to the poem, its background, and its styleAnglo-Saxon Women and the Church: Sharing a Common FateAnglo-Saxon Women and the Church: Sharing a Common Fate
Best Price: $95.00
This study of literature by clerics who were writing to, for, or aboutAnglo-Saxon women in the...
Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Everyman's Library (Paper))Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Everyman's Library (Paper))
Bradley's collection of translated Anglo-Saxon Poetry has (it seems to me) one thing going for...
Concordance to the "Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records" (The Cornell concordances)Concordance to the "Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records" (The Cornell concordances)

A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
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Collaboratively edited by Phillip Pulsiano (late Professor of English, Villanova University) and...
BeowulfBeowulfThe Construction of Christian Poetry in Old English (Literary Structures)The Construction of Christian Poetry in Old English (Literary Structures)
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Focusing on the works of Cynewulf, the Caedmonic school, and the great Beowulf-?poet, John...
Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson (Toronto Old English Studies)Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson (Toronto Old English Studies)
Best Price: $56.70
With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, Words and Works: Studies in...
Franciplegius;: Medieval and linguistic studies in honor of Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr.,Franciplegius;: Medieval and linguistic studies in honor of Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr.,

Anglo-Saxon prose (Rowman and Littlefield university library)Anglo-Saxon prose (Rowman and Littlefield university library)
Swanton's book is an excellent resource for those interested in Anglo-Saxon studies who are...
Revising Oral Theory: Formulaic Composition in Old English and Old Icelandic Verse (Garland Studies in Medieval Literature)Revising Oral Theory: Formulaic Composition in Old English and Old Icelandic Verse (Garland Studies in Medieval Literature)
Best Price: $94.97
The mode and meaning of "Beowulf,"The mode and meaning of "Beowulf,"The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (The World's Classics)The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (The World's Classics)
The commentary for each selection is informative and clear, and the translations are lucid and...
Beowulf and the Beowulf ManuscriptBeowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript
Best Price: $35.00
Reviewed by Gregory F. Rose (University of Tulsa) in _Envoi: A Review Journal of Medieval...

Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Everyman's library ; no. 794)Anglo-Saxon Poetry (Everyman's library ; no. 794)Beowulf: Letterpress EditionBeowulf: Letterpress Edition
Best Price: $16.20
Beowulf is a tale of glory, courage and death. It starts with a burial at sea, on a boat forever...
Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
Best Price: $80.00
This innovative collection of essays aims to redefine the limits of Old English scholarship by...
Studies in "Christ and Satan" McMaster Old English Studies and Texts (Mcmaster Old English Studies and Texts, 3)Studies in "Christ and Satan" McMaster Old English Studies and Texts (Mcmaster Old English Studies and Texts, 3)A History of Old English Literature (Broadview Literary Texts)A History of Old English Literature (Broadview Literary Texts)
Best Price: $32.94
Alexander's A History of Old English Literature is an outstanding introduction to a difficult...

Christ and Satan, an old English poemChrist and Satan, an old English poemPoems and Prose from the Old EnglishPoems and Prose from the Old English
Best Price: $30.00
This book, a restructured and expanded version of Raffel`s classic Poems from the Old English, ...
Seven Old English Poems (Norton Paperback)Seven Old English Poems (Norton Paperback)
This book, edited and with commentary by John Pope, professor of English from Yale, is a good...
An anthology of Beowulf criticism (Essay index reprint series)An anthology of Beowulf criticism (Essay index reprint series)
I actually had the opportunity to study with Prof. Nicholson, and his enthusiasm for Anglo Saxon...
Eight Old English PoemsEight Old English Poems
Best Price: $19.62
A thorough revision of John C. Pope's meticulously edited Seven Old English Poems , the Third...

Double Agents: Women and Clerical Culture in Anglo-Saxon England (Middle Ages Series)Double Agents: Women and Clerical Culture in Anglo-Saxon England (Middle Ages Series)
Best Price: $113.33
Readings on Beowulf (Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to British Literature)Readings on Beowulf (Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to British Literature)Metre and Melody of "Beowulf" (Illinois studies in language and literature)Metre and Melody of "Beowulf" (Illinois studies in language and literature)
Best Price: $80.00
Pagan Words and Christian Meanings (Costerus New Series) (Costerus New Series)Pagan Words and Christian Meanings (Costerus New Series) (Costerus New Series)
Best Price: $36.00
The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature)The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Like the vast majority of people nowadays I discovered Old English as an undergraduate, rather...

Anglo-Latin Literature, Vol 1, 600-899Anglo-Latin Literature, Vol 1, 600-899
Best Price: $76.46
The Latin literature of Anglo-Saxon England remains poorly understood. No bibliography of the...
Landscape of Desire: Partial Stories of the Medieval Scandinavian WorldLandscape of Desire: Partial Stories of the Medieval Scandinavian World
Best Price: $56.95
Before the Closet: Same-Sex Love from "Beowulf" to "Angels in America"Before the Closet: Same-Sex Love from "Beowulf" to "Angels in America"
Best Price: $29.97
An exciting account of medieval sexuality? Surprisingly, yes. Loyola University English...
Satan Unbound: The Devil in Old English Narrative LiteratureSatan Unbound: The Devil in Old English Narrative Literature
Best Price: $36.30
What can I say? First zombies and now the devil! Dendle's grasp of his subject matter is second...
 
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