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9780195024357
This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussionsof the poem.Kennedy, Charles W. is the author of 'Beowulf The Oldest English Epic', published 1978 under ISBN 9780195024357 and ISBN 0195024354.
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