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Beowulf
Beowulf
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January 1, 2019
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March 31, 2019

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Janet
Nov 10, 2011 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I have great admiration for this wonderful epic poem and it's longevity. The flavor of viking life, it's structure, trials, and rituals is very rich. ...more
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Peter
Mar 03, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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This (Gummere) is my favourite of the 3 translations I've read. Read the Heaney translation in school and hated it, then read what I'm pretty sure was the Alexander translation some years later, and thought it was pretty good.

Gummere's translation is the most alliterative of the three, and once I got used to it I loved it. ...more
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