{"product_id":"beowulf-isbn-9780451530967","title":"Beowulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eBefore there was \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e, there was \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Beowulf\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable—reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. As a work of art, it is unique. \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e rings with beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e's anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e and an Afterword by Roberta Frank\u003c\/b\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eBurton Raffel\u003c\/b\u003e has taught English, classics, and comparative literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Vietnamese\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTen Centuries of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich Mandelstam \u003c\/i\u003e(with Alla Burago),\u003ci\u003e Poems from the Old English\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Annotated Milton\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation's English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRoberta Frank\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMarie Borroff Professor of English and Linguistics at Yale University, works in all aspects—literary, historical, and archaeological—of early England and Scandinavia. She has written widely on \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, including “A Scandal in Toronto: The Dating of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e a Quarter-Century On” (2007).","brand":"Signet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299689189605,"sku":"NP9780451530967","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451530967.jpg?v=1767722436","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/beowulf-isbn-9780451530967","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}