BeowulfThe first major poem in English literature, translated by Howell D. Chickering with the Old English on facing pages, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo Saxon warrior aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest. Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering's fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on