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Studies in English literature

by John Russell Brown, David Daiches, Francis Barton Gummere, Edwin Morgan, Bryher, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Karl Joseph Simrock, Baskin, Leonard, Michael Foreman, Tom Shippey, Benjamin Thorpe, Gareth Hinds, Michael Morpurgo, Lynd Ward, Rob Lloyd Jones, William Ellery Leonard, Ian Serraillier, Stefan Petrucha, Rockwell Kent, Kevin Crossley-Holland, John Porter, Seamus Heaney, David John Murray Wright, Peter S. Baker, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joseph Grant Bell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ferdinand Holthausen, Neil Gaiman, Sedgefield, Walter John, A. J. Wyatt, C. L. Wrenn
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John Russell Brown

John Russell Brown was a distinguished Shakespearean scholar who was also involved in practical theatre – he was a close associate of the director Peter Hall at the National Theatre for 15 years from 1973. Earlier, his academic career started at the Shakespeare Institute, where he was a fellow (1951-55), followed by 10 years as an English lecturer at Birmingham University, becoming professor and head of drama and theatre arts at Birmingham from 1964 to 1971. Ever active, ever busy, he was professor of English at Sussex University (1971-82) during his time with Hall. Afterwards he concentrated on his writing and was professor of theatre at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1985-97). - The Guardian, UK.

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" More than one hundred glorious images, many of objects dating from the time of the story, enhance Seamus Heaney's masterful best-selling translation. Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. Drawn to its immense emotional credibility, Seamus Heaney gives the great epic convincing reality for the reader. But how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition, John D. Niles, a scholar of old English, brings Heaney's remarkable, best-selling translation to life. More than one hundred full-page illustrations-Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, even a reconstruction of the Great Hall-make visible Beowulf's world and the elemental themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion, and fame. Now this mysterious world is transformed into one that only becomes more amazing after viewing its elegant goblets, dragon images, finely crafted gold jewelry, and the Danish landscape of its origins."--Publisher's website. Presents a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother, with illustration of ancient artifacts from the time period.

How the series evolves

beginning
#39 Shakespeare: 'The tempest'
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finale
Milton, Paradise Lost
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Books in this Series

#39

Shakespeare: 'The tempest'

John Russell Brown
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Shakespeare, 'Julius Caesar'

David Daiches
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Beowulf

Francis Barton Gummere, Edwin Morgan, Bryher, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Karl Joseph Simrock, Baskin, Leonard, Michael Foreman, Tom Shippey, Benjamin Thorpe, Gareth Hinds, Michael Morpurgo, Lynd Ward, Rob Lloyd Jones, William Ellery Leonard, Ian Serraillier, Stefan Petrucha, Rockwell Kent, Kevin Crossley-Holland, John Porter, Seamus Heaney, David John Murray Wright, Peter S. Baker, Rosemary Sutcliff, Joseph Grant Bell, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ferdinand Holthausen, Neil Gaiman, Sedgefield, Walter John, A. J. Wyatt, C. L. Wrenn
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" More than one hundred glorious images, many of objects dating from the time of the story, enhance Seamus Heaney's masterful best-selling translation. Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. Drawn to its immense emotional credibility, Seamus Heaney gives the great epic convincing reality for the reader. But how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition, John D. Niles, a scholar of old English, brings Heaney's remarkable, best-selling translation to life. More than one hundred full-page illustrations-Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, even a reconstruction of the Great Hall-make visible Beowulf's world and the elemental themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion, and fame. Now this mysterious world is transformed into one that only becomes more amazing after viewing its elegant goblets, dragon images, finely crafted gold jewelry, and the Danish landscape of its origins."--Publisher's website. Presents a translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic chronicling the heroic adventures of Beowulf, the Scandinavian warrior who saves his people from the ravages of the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother, with illustration of ancient artifacts from the time period.

Milton, Paradise Lost

David Daiches
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