An essential resource for teachers and students of the epic poem - there has never been an edition of Beowulf like this.


This edition has someone for everyone. Includes a simplified re-telling of the story accessible to the most casual readers with photos and illustrations, along with new tools that make it easier than ever to analyze the the poem itself, whether or not the reader knows the Anglo-Saxon language.


The Ultimate Beowulf features:

Printed in high fidelity color throughout
An unprecedented FIVE versions of the Beowulf text for study
Modern translation with interlinear Old English
Facsimile of the medieval manuscript
Translator notes with 21st century scholarship
NEW simplified re-telling of the story for casual readers
NEW verse keyed folio transcription
Related story fragment: Battle at Finnesburh
Genalogies / family trees from real and fictional characters of the story
Listing of names and places
Maps of the world of Beowulf
Many color photos and illustrations
Glossary of Old English words
Comprehensive reference index