Author: C. L. Wrenn [ed.]
Title: Beowulf with the Finnesburg Fragment
Description: London, George G. Harrap and Co, 1969. Cloth. A revised edition of this enlightening breakdown and commentary of the Old English epic poem, 'Beowulf&apos. A later printing of the second edition, revised and enlarged.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.C. L. Wrenn, the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon between 1945-1963, aims to present one of the most important works of Old English literature in its proper setting. 'Beowulf' is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend, set in pagan Scandinavia in the 5th and 6th centuries and following a hero of the Geats, who comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the King of Danes. This edition discusses the poem's subject matters, structure, before offering translations and commentaries. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with minor shelf wear and patches of the dust wrapper's residue to the boards, mainly to the rear. Dust wrapper is sunned, heaviest to the spine, with a couple closed tears to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.

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