by Ludovica Koch · Einaudi Tascabili · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806128692
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«Beowulf» is the anonymous Anglo-Saxon epic poem in an edition by Ludovica Koch, published by Einaudi Tascabili in paperback (281 pages, in Italian).
«Beowulf» is an anonymous poem of uncertain dating, the oldest long poetic text in a European vernacular and the only complete epic of the ancient Germanic literatures. In about three thousand verses it narrates the hero Beowulf's fight against a dragon, combining myth, heroic legend and history, with fear of the unpredictable as its core.
Edition with the original text facing, introductory essay, bibliography and commentary by Ludovica Koch.
Recommended for readers of epic poetry, medieval literature and Germanic mythology, and for those studying the classics.
