What is Beowulf ?
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Alliteration
Anglo-Saxon Chronology
Ashburnham House Fire
Audio: Ben Slade Reads In O.E.
Beowulf Book Idea
Bibliography1
Bibliography2
Book Comparison Table
Character Genealogy
Comparative O.E. Versions
Copyright Note
Danish/Geat History
Dating of the Manuscript
Discussion Groups
The Dragon's Treasure
Essays For Sale
Glossary (under construction)
Kennings
Links
Movie Adaptations
Norton Critical Editions
Other Beowulfs
Play by David Calcutt
Pronunciation of O.E.
Scribes
Seamus Heaney's Book
Seven Thousand Somethings
Shoulder Grab vs. Hair Pull
Swede/Geat History
Word Search Puzzle
Comic Books
Gareth Hinds
Jerry Bingham
Uslan/Villamonte
Mike Weller
Alexis E. Fajardo
; Astrid Anand
Book Images
1830 W. Taylor
1849 H. W. Longfellow
1884 John Gibb
1901 George T. Tobin
1904 Clara L. Thomson
1907 Wentworth Huyshe
1908 J. R. Skelton
1941 Rolf Klep
1947 Laszlo Matulay
1996 Simon Noyes
Story Outlines
My Own Brief Outline
Liuzza (270 words)
H. Sweet (650 words)
Lesslie Hall (600 words)
Fr. Klaeber (1,500 words)
Vincent Hopper (3,500 words)
SchoolBytes (3,500 words)
Maurice Sagoff
--Student Essays/Translations--
Emma Roller (2006)
Dr. Dreowulf by Emma Roller
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Beowulf's Journey
Grendel's Arm
Grendel's Mother
Grendel's Head
The Dragon
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Michael Alexander (1973)
William Alfred (1963)
Thomas Arnold (1876)
Harry Morgan Ayres (1933)
Albert C. Baugh (1925)
Gavin Bone (1946)
S. A. J. Bradley (1982)
David Breeden (1999)
Elsie Straffin Bronson (1910)
A. J. Church (1918)
Howell D. Chickering Jr. (1977)
Clarence Griffin Child (1904)
Samuel Harden Church (1901)
John R. Clark Hall (1911)
John Josias Conybeare (1826)
G. Cox, E. H. Jones (1886)
K. Crossley-Holland (kids) (1982)
K. Crossley-Holland (text) (1999)
D. H. Crawford (1926)
E. Talbot Donaldson (1966)
John Earl (1892)
M. I. Ebbutt (1985)
G. N. Garmonsway (1971)
James M. Garnett (1882)
G. H. Gerould (1929)
John Gibb (1884)
Julian Glover (1987)
Robert Kay Gordon (1923/1992)
A. Wigfall Green (1935)
Paula Grant (1995)
Stanley B. Greenfield (1982)
Francis B. Gummere (1910)
Albert W. Haley (1978)
Lesslie Hall (1892)
Seamus Heaney (2000)
Constance B. Hieatt (1967)
Florence Holbrook (1905)
Dorothy Hosford (1947)
Marc Hudson (1990)
Bernard F. Huppe (1987)
Wentworth Huyshe (1907)
John Mitchell Kemble (1837)
Charles W. Kennedy (1940)
Thomas C. Kennedy (2001)
Eric A. Kimmel (2005)
Ernest J. B. Kirtlan (1913)
Ruth P.M. Lehmann (1988)
William Ellery Leonard (1923)
Roy M. Liuzza (2000)
H.W. Lumsden (1883)
Donald A. MacKenzie (1985)
Donald A. MacKenzie (1995)
H. E. Marshall (1908)
John McNamara (2005)
Charles Scott Moncrieff (1921)
Edwin Morgan (1952)
William Morris & A. J. Wyatt (1898)
Felix Nobis (2000)
Robert Nye (1968)
Raymond Oliver (1990)
Marijane Osborn (1983)
Lucien Dean Pearson (1965)
John Porter (1993)
Tessa Potter (1996)
Burton Raffel (1963)
Zenaïde A. Ragozin (1901)
Frederick Rebsamen (1971)
Frederick Rebsamen (1991/2004)
Strafford Riggs (1934)
E. L. Risden (1994)
Gildas Roberts (1984)
Louis J. Rodrigues (2002)
Bertha Rogers (2000)
Tim Romano (2000)
Maurice Sagoff (1980)
E. V. Sandys (1941)
Gladys Schmitt (1962)
Ian Serraillier (1954)
Robert Shafer (1927)
Ben Slade (2002)
J. Duncan Spaeth (1927)
Hazelton Spencer (1951)
Archibald Strong (1925)
A. Sullivan & T. Murphy (2004)
Michael Swanton (1978)
Clara Linklater Thomson (1904)
Benjamin Thorpe (1865)
Barry Tharaud (1990)
W. K. Thomas (1968)
Chauncey B. Tinker (1902)
J. R. R. Tolkien (193?)
Richard M. Trask (1998)
Sharon Turner (1805/1852)
A.D. Wackerbarth (1849)
Wagner & MacDowall (1917)
David Wright (1957)
Choose by Date
1805/1852 Sharon Turner
1826 John Josias Conybeare
1837 John Mitchell Kemble
1849 A.D. Wackerbarth
1865 Benjamin Thorpe
1876 Thomas Arnold
1882 James M. Garnett
1883 H.W. Lumsden
1884 John Gibb
1886 G. Cox, E. H. Jones
1892 John Earl
1892 Lesslie Hall
1898 William Morris & A. J. Wyatt
1901 Samuel Harden Church
1901 Zenaïde A. Ragozin
1902 Chauncey B. Tinker
1904 Clara Linklater Thomson
1904 Clarence Griffin Child
1905 Florence Holbrook
1907 Wentworth Huyshe
1908 H. E. Marshall
1910 Elsie Straffin Bronson
1910 Francis B. Gummere
1911 John R. Clark Hall
1913 Ernest J. B. Kirtlan
1917 Wagner & MacDowall
1918 A. J. Church
1921 Charles Scott Moncrieff
1923 William Ellery Leonard
1923/1992 Robert Kay Gordon
1925 Albert C. Baugh
1925 Archibald Strong
1926 D. H. Crawford
1927 Robert Shafer
1927 J. Duncan Spaeth
1929 G. H. Gerould
1933 Harry Morgan Ayres
1934 Strafford Riggs
1935 A. Wigfall Green
193? J. R. R. Tolkien
1940 Charles W. Kennedy
1941 E. V. Sandys
1946 Gavin Bone
1947 Dorothy Hosford
1951 Hazelton Spencer
1952 Edwin Morgan
1954 Ian Serraillier
1957 David Wright
1962 Gladys Schmitt
1963 Burton Raffel
1963 William Alfred
1965 Lucien Dean Pearson
1966 E. Talbot Donaldson
1967 Constance B. Hieatt
1968 Robert Nye
1968 W. K. Thomas
1971 Frederick Rebsamen
1971 G. N. Garmonsway
1973 Michael Alexander
1977 Howell D. Chickering Jr.
1978 Albert W. Haley
1978 Michael Swanton
1980 Maurice Sagoff
1982 K. Crossley-Holland (kids)
1982 S. A. J. Bradley
1982 Stanley B. Greenfield
1983 Marijane Osborn
1984 Gildas Roberts
1985 Donald A. MacKenzie
1985 M. I. Ebbutt
1987 Bernard F. Huppe
1987 Julian Glover
1988 Ruth P.M. Lehmann
1990 Barry Tharaud
1990 Marc Hudson
1990 Raymond Oliver
1991/2004 Frederick Rebsamen
1993 John Porter
1994 E. L. Risden
1995 Paula Grant
1995 Donald A. MacKenzie
1996 Tessa Potter
1998 Richard M. Trask
1999 David Breeden
1999 K. Crossley-Holland (text)
2000 Bertha Rogers
2000 Roy M. Liuzza
2000 Seamus Heaney
2000 Felix Nobis
2000 Tim Romano
2001 Thomas C. Kennedy
2002 Ben Slade
2002 Louis J. Rodrigues
2004 A. Sullivan & T. Murphy
2005 Eric A. Kimmel
2005 John McNamara
Note that Ben Slade has a Beowulf artwork page at: http://www.heorot.dk/beowulf-art.html
Drawings by John Green from the 2007 Dover coloring book
In this book, W. Taylor presents a very interesting, 14-page summary and commentary on the Beowulf story. He complains that the manuscript has obviously been assembled in the wrong order, and mixes up many parts of the story. It is very interesting to read his comments, and compare them to how we understand the story today. If you are interested in knowing something about how our understanding of this story has changed over the past 200 years, then read each of these pages 78-91 -- you will not be disappointed.
Drawings by John Green from the 2007 Dover coloring book