Beowulf (Penguin Classics)

176 pp. ""The epic poem of war and adventure. Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European language. It was composed in England four centuries before the Norman Conquest. But no one knows exactly when it was composed, or by whom, or why. As a social document this great epic reflects a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory and death."  Translation by Michael Alexander. Keywords: BEOWULF EUROPEAN LANGUAGE ENGLAND NORMAN CONQUEST EPIC POEM FEUDAL SYSTEM MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY ANGLO-SAXON POETRY CLASSICS LITERATURE