Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Poetry

Composed Toward The End Of First Millennium Beowulf Is Elegiac Narrative Scandinavian Hero Who Saves Danes From Seemingly Invincible Monster Grendel And Later Grendel\ S Mother Drawn To What He Has Called \ Four-Squareness Utterance\ In Its Immense Emotional Credibility Seamus Heaney Gives Great Epic Convincing Reality But How Visualize Poet\ Story Always Been A Challenge For Modern-Day Readers Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition John D Niles Specialist Old English Literature Provides Visual Counterparts Heaney\ Remarkable Translation More Than One Hundred Full-Page Illustrations—Viking Warships Chain Mail Lyres Spearheads Even Reconstruction Hall—Make Visible Beowulf\ World Elemental Themes His Story: Death Divine Power Horror Heroism Disgrace Devotion Fame This Mysterious Now Transformed Into Material Splendor As View Elegant Goblets Dragon Images Finely Crafted Gold Jewelry Against Backdrop Danish Landscape Origins Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0108 Διαστάσεις: 19 3X19 3Cm