Beowulf

<b>Before there was <i>Game of Thrones</i> there was <i>Beowulf</i>...</b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br><b> SONG OF BATTLE AND KINGS</b><br><b> &#160;</b><br><i> Beowulf</i> is one of the earliest extant poems in a modern European language composed in England before the Norman Conquest. As a social document this great epic poem is invaluable&#151;reflecting a feudal world of heroes and monsters blood and victory life and death. As a work of art it is unique. <i>Beowulf</i> rings with beauty power and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years. The noble simplicity of <i>Beowulf</i>'s anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer is recaptured in this vivid translation by Burton Raffel.<br><b> &#160;</b><br><b> Translated and with an Introduction by Burton Raffel</b><br><b> and an Afterword by Roberta Frank</b>