Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Introduction
• A Note on the Text
  
• Beowulf
• Glossary of Proper Names
• Genealogies
• The Geatish-Swedish Wars
• Appendix A: Characters Mentioned in Beowulf
• Appendix B: Analogues to the Themes and Events in
  Beowulf
• Appendix C: Christians and Pagans
• Appendix D: Contexts for Reading Beowulf
• Appendix E: Translations of Beowulf
• Works Cited and Recommended Reading

About the Author

R.M. Liuzza is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Reviews

This Beowulf translation is a masterful synthesis of history, poetry, and narrative. Liuzza's deep knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon period, combined with an ear keenly attuned to the cadences of Old English poetry, renders the volume an invaluable resource for medievalists everywhere. This is a brilliant, exemplary edition and a must-have for any serious student of the poem. Liuzza has set the standard for many years to come." - Stacy S. Klein, Rutgers University

Praise for the first edition:

"This close and readable translation, put together by a scholar who knows so much about the poem and its craft, remakes the old tale in a new register. From the prickly dignity of overdressed spearbearers to the sad songs of beefy breakers-of-rings in their cups, there is much here to surprise and delight." - Roberta Frank, University of Toronto

"Liuzza takes account of recent scholarly research and provides a commentary, a collection of supporting texts, and an excellent introduction to this 'Christian poet's bittersweet elegy for the doomed heroic life.' His account of the peculiarities of Old English poetic style is particularly helpful." - Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books