Beowulf and Other Stories : A New Introduction to Old English, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman Literatures

Written with verve, panache and a deep understanding of its subject,'Beowulf' & Other Storiesputs the pleasure back into studying Old English. A new action film, Beowulf and Grendel, is out very soon and so is an animated version of the tale starring angelina Jolie and Ray Winston There is lots of general interest in stories inspired by old English - tolkein's Lord of the Rings, Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia The authors have a fantastic writing style - engaging, witty, insightful - this book will be a page-turner that focuses on what readers want to know, instead of what it is perceived they ought to know Gives the real low-down on the subject - translates lots of the original text, allows readers to have a go at translation themselves, and gives readers the chance to learn some old English and some old Icelandic Contains colour photographs - rare in this kind of book - that will visually help to bring old English back to life