{"product_id":"beowulf-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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582693314834,"sku":"9780451530967","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77dd83e9-ed67-455c-af39-20a6086e2469.jpg?v=1737080556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beowulf-9780451530967","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}