Frank Carlson Library

Ringing with the beauty, power, and artistry that have kept it alive for a thousand years, Beowulf is an Old English epic tale recounting the adventures of Beowulf, a Geatish hero from present-day Sweden. He is called on by Hrothgar, King of the Danes, to defeat Grendel, the Powerful monster who threatens his great hall. Composed by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon singer toward the end of the first millennium AD, it depicts a feudal world that exalts heroes...