Beowulf is a 3,182 line epic poem which was written in Old English and which has been translated in various ways many dozens of times in the past 200 years. Old English scholars are in almost unanimous agreement that Beowulf is the greatest literary monument surviving from the Anglo-Saxon period.
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A dramatic reading of the first third of the poem in Old English by Benjamin Bagby, accompanied by a medieval harp. Also includes a modern English translation of each group of lines in the Old English text.
A reading of the first twelve lines of the poem by Arthur Bahr.
Sound recording of Heaney's translation of Beowulf. In two parts: Part 1, lines 1-1491, and Part 2, lines 1492-3182. A few passages from the printed book are omitted from the recording.
A reading of the first twelve lines of the poem by Arthur Bahr.
A dramatic reading of the first third of the poem in Old English by Benjamin Bagby, accompanied by a medieval harp. Also includes a modern English translation of each group of lines in the Old English text.
Sound recording of Heaney's translation of Beowulf. In two parts: Part 1, lines 1-1491, and Part 2, lines 1492-3182. A few passages from the printed book are omitted from the recording.
