{"product_id":"9780674052956","title":"The Beowulf Manuscript","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this volume offers something unique. For the first time in the history of Beowulf scholarship, the poem appears alongside the other four texts from its sole surviving manuscript: the prose Passion of Saint Christopher, The Wonders of the East, The Letter of Alexander the Great to Aristotle, and (following \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e) the poem Judith. First-time readers as well as established scholars can now gain new insights into \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e—and the four other texts—by approaching each in its original context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould a fascination with the monstrous have motivated the compiler of this manuscript, working over a thousand years ago, to pull together this diverse grouping into a single volume? The prose translation by \u003cb\u003eR. D. Fulk\u003c\/b\u003e, based on the most recent editorial understanding, allows readers to rediscover Beowulf’s brilliant mastery along with otherworldly delights in the four companion texts in The \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e Manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078619795696,"sku":"9780674052956","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780674052956_p0.jpg?v=1784730638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780674052956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}