This Norton Critical Edition includes:
. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's introduction.
. Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue.
. More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard.
. A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilisation materials, providing student readers with Beowulf's cultural and historical context.
. Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition.
. A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.
