Five MUST Read Beówulf Books

Verse, Prose, Academic

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Book Recommendtions;

1. Seamus Heaney’s Verse Translation.

Frankly, a must for anyone wanting to read Beowulf, it’s the most accessible but still retains the poetic nature of the Old English Epic.

2. J. R. R. Tolkien’s Prose Translation.

A slightly different take on the poem, as it’s in prose, not verse. This makes it an easier read as you don’t have to understand the meter of alliterative verse.

3, The Norton Critical Edition.

Though this comes with the Heaney translation, it’s great for other reasons. It dive pretty damn deep into the poem on a critical level. So if you are at all interested in Beowulf in that way, it’s perfect.

4. Kevin Kiernan’s Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript.

This is a little more advanced as it assumes you already know a little about the time periods of Beowulf and its manuscript. Kiernan gives a very different take on its creation, compared to other scholars.

5 Sam Newton’s The Origins of Beowulf.

Though Newton takes from Kiernan and Klaeber on the creation and time period of Beowulf, Newton is pretty in the camp of most other scholars as to its time frame.

The last two contrast well if you’re looking for a well-rounded opinion of the creation fo Beowulf.

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