Beowulf
(Book)

Translated from the Anglo-Saxon.

"Created and produced by Phoebe Phillips Editions."--T.p. verso.

"Beowulf is a stirring and wonderfully readable poem, and the mirror of Anglo-Saxon society. It was composed by a court poet or a monk -- a man equally at home with battle action, highly atmospheric evocation of place, and grand set-pieces in the feasting-hall. Sophisticated and humane, it is both a thrilling adventure story and a deeply serious commentary on human life. In this superb new edition, the passionate events described in the poem are matched with striking and suggestive landscape photographs. The editorial material and 'documentary' color photographs put the poem in its historical, social, religious and literary contexts. There are also elucidatory notes, a map and genealogical tables. Here are man, monster and dragon; and here are challengingly wild and desolate places. Here are ambition, loyalty and glory, and the roots from which we ultimately derive."--,(source of summary not specified)