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Beowulf.
King Hrothgar of Denmark has a problem: though his land prospers, his great mead-hall is plagued nightly by a horrible beast, Grendel, that pillages and kills his men. Leaving his home in Sweden, the warrior Beowulf sails to the king's aid. Beowulf and his men camp in the mead-hall to wait for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lerner Publishing Group
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Preface.; The Story.; Abbreviations Used In The Notes.; Bibliography Of Translations.; Glossary Of Proper Names.; List Of Words And Phrases Not In General Use.; I. The Life And Death Of Scyld.; II. Scyld's Successors.-Hrothgar's Great Mead-Hall.; III. Grendel The Murderer.; IV. Beowulf Goes To Hrothgar's Assistance.; V. The Geats Reach Heorot.; VI. Beowulf Introduces Himself At The Palace.; VII. Hrothgar And Beowulf.; VIII. Hrothgar And Beowulf.-Continued.; IX. Unferth Taunts Beowulf.; X. Beowulf Silences Unferth.-Glee Is High.
- XI. All Sleep Save One. XII. Grendel And Beowulf.; XIII. Grendel Is Vanquished.; XIV. Rejoicing Of The Danes.; XV. Hrothgar's Gratitude.; XVI. Hrothgar Lavishes Gifts Upon His Deliverer.; XVII. Banquet (Continued).-The Scop's Song Of Finn And Hnaef.; XVIII. The Finn Episode (Continued).-The Banquet Continues.; XIX. Beowulf Receives Further Honor.; XX. The Mother Of Grendel.; XXI. Hrothgar's Account Of The Monsters.; XXII. Beowulf Seeks Grendel's Mother.; XXIII. Beowulf's Fight With Grendel's Mother.; XXIV. Beowulf Is Double-Conqueror.; XXV. Beowulf Brings His Trophies.-Hrothgar's Gratitude.
- XXVI. Hrothgar Moralizes.-Rest After Labor. XXVII. Sorrow At Parting.; XXVIII. The Homeward Journey.-The Two Queens.; XXIX. Beowulf And Higelac.; XXX. Beowulf Narrates His Adventures To Higelac.; XXXI. Gift-Giving Is Mutual.; XXXII. The Hoard And The Dragon.; XXXIII. Brave Though Aged.-Reminiscences.; XXXIV. Beowulf Seeks The Dragon.-Beowulf's Reminiscences.; XXXV. Reminiscences (Continued).-Beowulf's Last Battle.; XXXVI. Wiglaf The Trusty.-Beowulf Is Deserted By Friends And By Sword.; XXXVII. The Fatal Struggle.-Beowulf's Last Moments.
- XXXVIII. Wiglaf Plunders The Dragon's Den.-Beowulf's Death. XXXIX. The Dead Foes.-Wiglaf's Bitter Taunts.; XL. The Messenger Of Death.; XLI. The Messenger's Retrospect.; XLII. Wiglaf's Sad Story.-The Hoard Carried Off.; XLIII. The Burning Of Beowulf.; Addenda.; Back Cover