{"product_id":"beowulf-volume-46","title":"John Earle: Beowulf: Volume 46 [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this elegant, portable Anglo-Saxon epic, the hero Beowulf fights horrifying, ghastly monsters in his bid to save the hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium CE, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e is an Old English epic tale recounting the adventures of Beowulf, a \u003cb\u003eGeatish hero from present-day Sweden\u003c\/b\u003e. He is called on by Hrothgar, King of the Danes, to defeat \u003cb\u003eGrendel\u003c\/b\u003e, the powerful monster that threatens his great hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language, it depicts a feudal world of blood, victory, and death--a \u003cb\u003eworld that exalts heroes \u003c\/b\u003ewho travel great distances to prove their strength, at impossible odds, against \u003cb\u003esupernatural demons and beasts\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ringing with the beauty, power, and artistry that have kept its poetry alive for a thousand years, this venerable tale is now available as an elegantly designed\u003cb\u003e clothbound edition \u003c\/b\u003ewith an elastic closure and a new introduction from Tom Schneider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Knickerbocker Classics bring together the essential works of classic authors from around the world in stunning editions to be collected and enjoyed.","brand":"Earle, John \u0026 Schneider, Tom","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44667488338210,"sku":"9781631064234","price":15.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/earle-john-schneider-tom-john-earle-beowulf-volume-46-2017-paperback-9781631064234-60988591964499.jpg?v=1737519616","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/beowulf-volume-46","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}