I. Beówulf: an Anglo-Saxon poem. II. The fight at Finnsburh: a fragment.
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Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility Seamus Heaney gives the great epic convincing reality.But how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition, John D. Niles, a specialist in Old English literature, provides visual counterparts to Heaney's ...
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- Preface to the Project Gutenberg Edition of Beowulf
- Explanation of the Vowel Accenting
- I. BEÓWULF:
- II. THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURH:
- PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
- NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION.
- NOTE TO THE SECOND REVISED EDITION.
- NOTE I.
- NOTE II.
- ARGUMENT.
- BEÓWULF.
- I. THE PASSING OF SCYLD.
- II. THE HALL HEOROT.
- III. GRENDEL'S VISITS.
- IV. HYGELAC'S THANE.
- V. THE ERRAND.
- VI. BEÓWULF'S SPEECH.
- VII. HROTHGAR'S WELCOME.
- VIII. HROTHGAR TELLS OF GRENDEL.
- IX. HUNFERTH OBJECTS TO BEÓWULF.
- X. BEÓWULF'S CONTEST WITH BRECA.—THE FEAST.
- XI. THE WATCH FOR GRENDEL.
- XII. GRENDEL'S RAID.
- XIII. BEÓWULF TEARS OFF GRENDEL'S ARM.
- XIV. THE JOY AT HEOROT.
- XV. HROTHGAR'S GRATULATION.
- XVI. THE BANQUET AND THE GIFTS.
- XVII. SONG OF HROTHGAR'S POET—THE LAY OF HNAEF AND HENGEST.
- XVIII. THE GLEEMAN'S TALE IS ENDED.
- XIX. BEÓWULF'S JEWELLED COLLAR. THE HEROES REST.
- XX. GRENDEL'S MOTHER ATTACKS THE RING-DANES.
- XXI. SORROW AT HEOROT: ÆSCHERE'S DEATH
- XXII. BEÓWULF SEEKS THE MONSTER IN THE HAUNTS OF THE NIXIES.
- XXIII. THE BATTLE WITH THE WATER-DRAKE.
- XXIV. BEÓWULF SLAYS THE SPRITE.
- XXV. HROTHGAR'S GRATITUDE: HE DISCOURSES.
- XXVI. THE DISCOURSE IS ENDED.—BEÓWULF PREPARES TO LEAVE.
- XXVII. THE PARTING WORDS.
- XXVIII. BEÓWULF RETURNS TO GEATLAND.—THE QUEENS HYGD AND THRYTHO.
- XXIX. HIS ARRIVAL. HYGELAC'S RECEPTION.
- XXX. BEÓWULF'S STORY OF THE SLAYINGS.
- XXXI. HE GIVES PRESENTS TO HYGELAC. HYGELAC REWARDS HIM. HYGELAC'S DEATH. BEÓWULF REIGNS.
- XXXII. THE FIRE-DRAKE. THE HOARD.
- XXXIII. BEOWULF RESOLVES TO KILL THE FIRE-DRAKE.
- XXXIV. RETROSPECT OF BEÓWULF.—STRIFE BETWEEN SWEONAS AND GEATAS.
- XXXV. MEMORIES OF PAST TIME.—THE FEUD WITH THE FIRE-DRAKE.
- XXXVI. WIGLAF HELPS BEÓWULF IN THE FEUD
- XXXVII. BEÓWULF WOUNDED TO DEATH.
- XXXVIII. THE JEWEL-HOARD. THE PASSING OF BEOWULF.
- XXXIX. THE COWARD-THANES.
- XL. THE SOLDIER'S DIRGE AND PROPHECY.
- XLI. HE TELLS OF THE SWEDES AND THE GEATAS
- XLII. WÎGLAF SPEAKS. THE BUILDING OF THE BALE-FIRE.
- XLIII. BEÓWULF'S FUNERAL PYRE.
- APPENDIX
- THE ATTACK IN FINNSBURG.‡
- LIST OF NAMES; NOTES; AND GLOSSARY.
- LIST OF NAMES.
- NOTES.
- NOTES TO THE FIGHT AT FINNSBURG.
- ADDENDA.
- GLOSSARY
- GLOSSARY TO FINNSBURH.
- CORRECTIONS MADE TO THE SOURCE TEXT:
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