Beowulf

This Norton Critical Edition includes:- Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's introduction.- Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue.- More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard.- A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilisation materials, providing student readers with Beowulf's cultural and historical context.- Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition.- A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.