{"product_id":"beowulf-9780300236668","title":"Beowulf","description":"\u003cb\u003eA widely celebrated translator’s vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeowulf \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures—a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel’s monstrous mother, and a dragon—and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is “someone who uses his special powers to fight evil,” then \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Stephen Mitchell’s marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep “work of literature” but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation—spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry—makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stephen Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780300236668\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20181030\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43541204598845,"sku":"9780300236668","price":24.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780300236668.jpg?v=1766054448","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/beowulf-9780300236668","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}