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Beowulf (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Hall, J. Lesslie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Set in sixth-century Scandinavia, this epic poem recounts a hero's battles against horrific monsters. Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, finds his domain threatened by the beast Grendel. Miraculously, a hero from the Geats seafaring tribe, Beowulf, arrives and slaughters Grendel, saving the Danes. Yet nearly as soon as Grendel is slain, Beowulf must face another foe: Grendel's mother. This millennium-old work of literature tells of Beowulf's fierce fights during his fifty-year rule over his people-as well as his ultimate battle against a fire-breathing dragon who has wreaked chaos and destruction upon the Geats. This famous and powerful scene was the first appearance of a dragon-slayer in English literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504062787
• Artikelnr.: 59339674

Autorenporträt

J. Lesslie Hall (1856-1928) was an American literary scholar and poet known for his translation of Beowulf. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Hall attended Randolph-Macon College and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University.