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R. K. Gordon
Our Price$2.50
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Format: Book
Grade Level: 9 and Up (ages 14 and up)
ISBN: 0486272648
Page Count: 64
Dimensions: 5 3/16 x 8 1/4
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates character and exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of the Geats, a people of southern Sweden. Narrative combines mythical elements, Christian and pagan sensibilities, actual historical figures and events to create a striking work of great power and beauty. Genealogies.
Unabridged Dover (1992) republication from the anthology Anglo-Saxon Poetry, published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1926.

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