| 1. |  | Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Customer Review:
Seamus Heaney's brilliant contribution to literature makes the epic poem accessible without sacrificing its power or poetry. A `must read' which deserves many more than the 5 stars I was able to assign. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Longman Anthology of British Literature (The Middle Ages)
from Addison-Wesley Pub (Sd)
Customer Review:
The Longman Anthology of British Literature - 2B / 0-321-10669-5
Anthologies are usually either purchased because they are required reading for school or because the purchaser would like to round out a private library with worthwhile literary selections. This review is written predominantly to... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper))
from Everyman Paperbacks
Price: $9.95
Customer Review:
Please note: The Bantam version (translated by Hieatt) only contains the most popular of the Tales. (Use the "Inside this Book" feature to check the table of contents, as I, alas, did not.) The facing page translation is just what I was looking for, but really wanted the complete set. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition
from Anchor
Price: $10.85
Customer Review:
i/m going thru klaeber/s 4th edition, translating. since retirement, i/ve been reading in the originals the books i touched upon in my old language classes (greek, latin, and old english to me). i/m using the klaeber 4th, the clark hall & merrit, the quirk & wrenn grammar, & (formerly)... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Beowulf: A Verse Translation (Norton Critical Editions)
from W. W. Norton
Price: $11.14
Customer Review:
I had already bought Heaney's "A New Verse Translation" before I needed to buy this edition for a university class. That said, if you're only looking for a translation of the poem with no frills, buy the "New Verse Translation" because it's got the text in parallel with the original Anglo-Saxon. But... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Beowulf (Penguin Epics)
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Price: $8.50
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| 7. |  | Beowulf (Signet Classics)
from Signet Classics
Price: $4.95
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| 8. |  | The Complete Canterbury Tales
from Chartwell Books
Price: $15.66
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| 9. |  | Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Oxford World's Classics)
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $8.76
Customer Review:
Although written in Middle English during the fourteenth century during the reign of Richard II, this four-part story is considered the first mystery written in the English language, a great literary work and, mysteriously, the story's author remains unknown. Its dialect is strangley written in a... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Arthurian Handbook, Second Edition: Second Edition (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
from Routledge
Price: $115.00
Customer Review:
If you want to know about the evolution of the Arthurian legends, from their basis in history to their literary evolution, this is a perfect book for you.The book traces the history of tales through the most ancient works from Wales and Brittany, through the evolution of the stories by various... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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