Beowulf

But how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition, John D. Niles, a specialist in Old English literature, provides visual counterparts to Heaney's remarkable translation. More than one hundred full-page illustrations--Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, even a reconstruction of the Great Hall--make visible Beowulf's world and the elemental themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion, and fame. This mysterious world is now transformed into one of material splendor as readers view its elegant goblets, dragon images, and finely crafted gold jewelry against the backdrop of the Danish landscape of its origins.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 11/17/2007
ISBN: 9780393330106
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 132
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 256