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Béowulf

Translations, Adaptations, & Studies

Adaptations

  • Anderson, P. 1977. Hrolf Kraki's Saga. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN: 0-345-25846-0

  • Crichton, M. 1997. Eaters of the Dead. London: Arrow Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-099-22282-8

  • Gaiman, N. 2005. Bay Wolf in Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illustrations. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-7553-2283-1

  • Gardner, J. 1989. Grendel. New York: Random House Inc. ISBN: 0-679-72311-0

Children's Editions

  • Fajardo, A. E. 2016. Kid Beowulf: The Blood-Bound Oath. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-4494-7589-5

  • Graham, O. 2018. Beowulf the Brave. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Imagine That Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-78700-860-1

  • Raven, N. 2007. Beowulf, the Legend of a Hero. Dorking, Surrey: Templar Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-84011-389-1

  • Lloyd Jones, R. 2009. Beowulf. London: Usborne Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-7460-9686-4

  • Morpurgo, M. 2013. Beowulf. London: Walker Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-4063-4887-3

  • Sutcliff, R. 1994. Beowulf: Dragonslayer. Harlow, Essex: Heineman. ISBN: 978-0-435124-20-5

Graphic Novels

  • García, S. & Rubín, D. 2016.  Beowulf. Berkeley, California: Image Comics, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-5343-0120-7

  • Hinds, G. & Gummere, F. B. 2003. The Collected Beowulf. Cambridge, MA: TheComic.com. ISBN: 1-893131-04-1

  • Hinds, G. & Church, A. J. 2007. Beowulf. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763630232

  • Petrucha, S. & Chamberlain, K. 2007. Beowulf. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN: 978-0-06-134390-2

  • Ryall, C. & Rodriguez, G. 2007. Beowulf. San Diego, CA: IDW Publishing. ISBN: 978-160010128-1

  • Stern, S. L. & Steininger, C. 2015. Beowulf: The Graphic Novel. Barnet, Hertfordshire: Markosia Enterprises Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-905692-25-5

  • Storrie, P. D. & Randall, R. 2009. Ludlow, Shropshire: Discovery Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-7613-4347-9

Studies

  • Baker, P. S. 2013. Honour, Violence and Exchange in Beowulf. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer. ISBN: 978-1-84384-346-7

  • Deskis, S. E. 1996. Beowulf and the Medieval Proverb Tradition. Tempe, Arizona: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. ISBN: 978-0866981958

  • Fulk, R. D. (ed.). 1991. Interpretations of Beowulf: A Critical Anthology. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN: 0-253-20639-1

  • Fulk, R. D., Bjork, R. E., & Niles, J. D. (eds.) 2014. Klaeber's Beowulf (Fourth Edition) . Toronto: Toronto University Press. ISBN: 978-0-8020-9567-1

  • Grigsby, J. 2006. Beowulf & Grendel: The Truth Behind England's Oldest Legend. London: Watkins Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-84293-153-0

  • Orchard, A. 2007. A Critical Compantion to Beowulf. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D. S. Brewer. ISBN: 978-84384-029-9

  • Owen-Crocker, G. R. 2009. The Four Funerals in Beowulf and the Structure of the Poem. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN: 978-0-7190-8121-7

  • Ramirez, J. 2019. Beowulf. London: Ladybird Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-718-18973-0

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. & Tolkien, C. (ed.). 2006. The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays. Hammersmith, London. ISBN: 978-0-261-10263-7

Translations

  • Alexander, M. (trans.). 2005. Beowulf: A Glossed Text. Strand, London: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-14-043377-7

  • Alexander, M. (trans.). 2013. Beowulf: The Epic Battle Between Man and Monster. Strand, London: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-141-39366-7

  • Chickering Jr., H. D. (trans.). 2006. Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN: 978-1-4000-9622-0

  • Davis, G. J. (trans.). 2013. Beowulf: A New Translation. Bridgeport, Connecticut: Insignia Publishing. ISBN: 978-1491250181

  • Fulk, R. D. (trans.). 2010. The Beowulf Manuscript: Complete Texts and The Fight at Finnsburg. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN: 978-0-674-05295-6

  • Gummere, F. B. (trans.). 1910. Beowulf. Renaissance Classics.

  • Heaney, S. (trans.). 2007. Beowulf: Bilingual Edition. London: Faber and Faber Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-571-23041-9

  • Jack, G. (ed. trans.). 2009. Beowulf: A Student Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-871044-8

  • Lehmann, R. P. M. (trans.) 2000. Beowulf. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. ISBN: 0-292-70771-1

  • Porter, J. (trans.). 2006. Beowulf: Text and Translation. Hockwold-cum-Wilton, Norfolk: Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN: 0-9516209-2-4

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. & Tolkien, C. (ed.). 2014. Beowulf: a translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollinsPublishers. ISBN: 978-0-00-759006-3

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