This is book is a translation from Old English of the original title Beowulf (1000).
The following English translations are known:
Year | Title | Notes |
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1815 | Beowulf | Written between the 8th and 11th century but the first book publication was in 1815. Translated by an uncredited hand |
1895 | The Tale of Beowulf | None |
1904 | Beowulf | Prose translation. Translated by Clarence Griffin Child |
1911 | Beowulf | Translated by Clark Hall of the uncredited Old English poem into Prose. Editions revised by other hands were published in 1940 and 1950. |
1957 | Beowulf | Prose translation. Translated by David Wright(translator) |
1963 | Beowulf | Author unknown. The exact date of the appearance of the first known manuscript of "Beowulf" is unknown. Estimates range from 975 AD to 1025 AD. Translated by Burton Raffel |
1973 | Beowulf | Translated by Michael Alexander (translator) in verse. |
1991 | Beowulf: An Updated Verse Translation | Translated by Frederick Rebsamen "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1991 by HarperCollins Publishers." |
1999 | Beowulf | Translated by Seamus Heaney Heaney's modern English translation of the medieval poem by an unknown Anglo-Saxon author, originally in Old English. |
2007 | Beowulf: A New Translation with an Introduction and Notes | Translated by John McNamara |
2011 | Beowulf | Translated by Francis B. Gummere |
2014 | Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary | Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien |
2020 | Beowulf | Translated by Maria Dahvana Headley A new, feminist translation in verse. |