The saga of beowulf retold as a story for young adults. A prose translation of the oldest surviving long poem in old english, this production captures the mood of the original legend of a pagan hero defeating a monster, its mother, and a dragon. Access free textbook solutions and ask 5 free questions to expert tutors 247. Beowulf is a grim and gruesome story, and artist gareth hinds has produced a graphic novel to match. Help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing home search new listings authors titles subjects serials. The story of beowulf, retold from the ancient epic, by. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Very nice black cloth boards with illustration in gold on front board and title in gold on spine. The modern english version we read today is a translation from. The book is full of monsters and brave warriors without the soppy love stories though my grandson says he is ok with those as well. It has variously been dated to between the 8th and the early 11th centuries. Welcome to a comparative library presenting excerpts from over 100 english language translations of the epic poem beowulf five particular sections of this legendary tale were chosen as points of comparison, allowing a consistent sidebyside evaluation of every edition. The story of beowulf, by strafford riggs 1933, at i which tells something of the youth and early manhood of beowulf, how he heard of the monster grendel, and of daneland. Strafford riggs if you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having to plough through the lines of the epic poem, then this book is for you this is the story of beowulf as retold by strafford riggs beowulf was written in england, but is set in scandinavia it has variously been dated to between the th and the early th centuries it is an.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the story of beowulf. The kingdom of denmark is terrorized by a dragon, grendel, which comes after dark to seize warriors from the great hall where they feast with their king, hrothgar. This is a long outofprint retelling of the beowulf saga. Strafford riggs audio books, best sellers, author bio. Henry c pitz this is the epic story of beowolf and how he grew up and went to the land of the danes and defeated grendel. Beowulf shows a sense of honor by first getting permission from his king to travel to heorot to help. Also, i felt that i needed to include the fact that grendels mother peered over the waters edge with piercing yellow eyes, just as beowulfs diary alluded to i like the parallelism. The story of beowulf by strafford riggs waterstones.
Strafford, riggs the story of beowulf retold from the. The story of beowulf index internet sacred text archive. The story of beowulf told by strafford riggs illustrated. Ii which tells of beowulfs reception among the danes, his encounter with grendel. If you are mostly concerned with finding a version which is easy to. Buy the story of beowulf myths, legend and folk tales from around the world by riggs, strafford isbn. If you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having to plough through the 3182 lines of the epic poem, then this book is for you. New york times best seller and whitebread book of the year, nobel laureate seamus heaneys new translation of beowulf comes to life in this gripping audio. The story of beowulf by strafford riggs with illustrations by henry pitz 1933. In its original form it is an epic poem told in historical perspective. The story of beowulf, by strafford riggs 1933, at iii which tells of how a dragon appeared in geatsland, and how beowuif and wiglaf destroyed it, and how sleep came to beowulf.
The story of beowulf retold from the ancient epic strafford riggs, henry clarence pitz, charles j. The story of beowulf myths, legend and folk tales from around the world paperback strafford riggs translator. Jul 21, 2017 most scholars read beowulf as a multisectional poem, with the first being the story of heorot, where the danish warriors celebrate their heroic deeds in song until the attacks by grendel begin. Henry c pitz this is the epic story of beowolf and how he grew up and went to. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget. You can find out more about this book in the beowulf unit of the. The story of beowulf ebook by strafford riggs rakuten kobo. The story of beowulf retold from the ancient epic book. Todays free book is the story of beowulf by strafford riggs, with illustrations by henry pitz. The story of beowulf audible audiobook unabridged strafford riggs author. The story of beowulf myths, legend and folk tales from. Churchs translation, and his draftsmanship is exemplary. Many incidents, such as beowulfs tearing off the monsters arm and his descent into the mere, are familiar motifs from folklore.
The easy reading edition of the epic 3,182 line poem especially retold for children and young adults by strafford riggs. Diary entires of the characters you thought you knew, from beowulf to the. The childrens book bykevin crossleyholland and charles keeping is also easy to read but they are not suitable for understanding the story well enough to discuss it in a classroom unless you are talking about whether beowulf can be made into an interesting childrens story. Access this video with closed captions at the following link. Set in a time when men were knighted for achieving great feats, and great the feats of beowulf were. The story of beowulf retold from the ancient epic book, 1933. The story of beowulf by strafford riggs, with illustrations by henry pitz 1933. If you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having to plough through the 3,182 lines of the epic poem, then this book is for you, because here it has been. The story of beowulf, by strafford riggs 1933, at foreword just as conrads character singleton, in the nigger of the narcissus, sat in the focsle reading, so, on board the gulf of akaba, off cape verde, i saw old man seastream with a tattered copy of beowulf, which, by some strange chance, had been sent down to the ship as.
The version you will read here the story of beowulf by strafford riggs is a prose adaptation in modern english. If you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having to plough through the 3,182 lines of the epic poem, then this book is for you. A prose translation of the oldest surviving long poem in old english, this production captures the mood of the original legend of a pagan hero defeating a monster, its mother, and a dragon in scandinavia. If you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having to plough through the 3,182 lines of the epic poem, then this book is for you, because here it has been retold in the form of an easy reading novel aimed at children and young people. The black and white illustrations are stylized and sometimes a bit cartoonish, and nicely dimensionalize the story.
If you ever just wanted to know the story of beowulf without having t. The story of beowulf by strafford riggs this is a long outofprint retelling of the beowulf saga. The words of unferth mythology and folklore untextbook. Very good to inside with small signature to top edge of page facing inside front board, also has light tanning to all but edges. A prose translation, it captures the mood of the original without being selfconsciously archaic. Mar 09, 2010 buy the story of beowulf myths, legend and folk tales from around the world by riggs, strafford isbn. The story of beowulf retold from the ancient epic paperback october 27, 2012 by strafford riggs author. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The story of beowulf retold for easy reading abela publishing. Buy the story of beowulf by strafford riggs from waterstones today. This is the story of beowulf as retold by strafford riggs. Beowulf belongs metrically, stylistically, and thematically to a heroic tradition grounded in germanic religion and mythology. The present work is a modest effort to reproduce approximately, in modern measures, the venerable epic, beowulf.
Beowulf was written in england, but is set in scandinavia. Heaneys performance reminds us that beowulf, written near the turn of another millennium, was intended to be heard not read. Then the diary continues to follow the path that stafford riggs follows, with a few things i wanted to add out of my creativity. The poem is known only from a single manuscript, which is estimated to date from around 9751025, in which it appears with other works. Beowulf survives in a single manuscript dated on palaeographical grounds to the late 10th or early 11th century.
The story of beowulf, by strafford riggs 1933, at beowulf hero of the age beowulf. The saga of beowulf a viking saga retold in novel format. Beowulf a hero s tale retold download pdfepub ebook. The heynesocin text and glossary have been closely. In the strafford riggs book, the focus of all the stories is beowulf. The story of beowulf retold for easy reading posts.
This is a short but beautiful book, and the gummere translation really captures the feel of the. Beowulf, viking, norse, epic, saga, action, adventure, heroes, scandinavia, daneland, northern kingdom, grendel. What is the moral lesson taught in the story of beowulf. Click download or read online button to get the saga of beowulf retold as a story for young adults book now. Look for editions of this book at your library, or elsewhere. This is the story of beowulf as retold for young adults and children by strafford riggs. The story of beowulf as retold by c f bricknell smith for children. It is also part of the broader tradition of heroic poetry. The story of beowulf retold for easy reading home facebook. The story of beowulf retold for easy reading posts facebook. The story of beowulf kindle edition by strafford riggs. The story of beowulf by strafford riggs 1933 this is a long outofprint retelling of the beowulf saga. Boards are illustrated rather beautifully in colour by l. You get to read the complete book it was just the right length for a reading unit in this class.
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