The Deeds of Beowulf: An English Epic of the Eighth Century Done into Modern Prose, with an Introduction and Notes by John Earle
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The Deeds of Beowulf: An English Epic of the Eighth Century Done into Modern Prose, with an Introduction and Notes by John Earle, published in 1892 by Oxford at the Clarendon Press. Sections Include: Discovery of Text and Progress of Interpretation, The Context of the Poem, My Theory of the Origin of the Beowulf, The Deeds of Beowulf, Glossary of Proper Names, etc. etc. Hardcover with gilt lettering and only the very lightest shelfwear. Signature half title of a Cambridge theatre student from 1904.
