{"product_id":"beowulf-9780300236668","title":"Beowulf","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA widely celebrated translator’s vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpiece\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures—a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel’s monstrous mother, and a dragon—and then dies, mortally wounded during his last encounter. If the definition of a superhero is “someone who uses his special powers to fight evil,” then \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e is our first English superhero story, and arguably our best. It is also a deeply pious poem, so bold in its reverence for a virtuous pagan past that it teeters on the edge of heresy. From beginning to end, we feel we are in the hands of a master storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStephen Mitchell’s marvelously clear and vivid rendering re-creates the robust masculine music of the original. It both hews closely to the meaning of the Old English and captures its wild energy and vitality, not just as a deep “work of literature” but also as a rousing entertainment that can still stir our feelings and rivet our attention today, after more than a thousand years. This new translation—spare, sinuous, vigorous in its narration, and translucent in its poetry—makes a masterpiece accessible to everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853228658924,"sku":"9780300236668","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24364423482294.jpg?v=1759192528","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/beowulf-9780300236668","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}