CBC BOOKS BEST CANADIAN POETRY BOOKS OF 2022\nLONGLISTED FOR THE RAYMOND SOUSTER AWARD\nhw\u00E6t, another Beowulf translation? Not exactly\u2026\nWelcome to Denmark\u2019s Heorot Hall, where King Hrothgar invites to his banquet table everyone but Grendel, Saxon\u2019s cradle-made monster. Dissing this ur-outsider initiates a predictable and monstrous backlash, a Medi\u00E6val fracas that only the eponymous Beowulf can quash. Sailing across the whaleroads, he arrives to \u201Cquell and queltch and quatch the Grendel beast.\u201D\nBeowulf, that still-recognizable hero, embodies a \u201Cblank\u201D function, a motive-driven yet motiveless megastar. He\u2019s the young, fit, male, self-sacrificing protagonist-interloper who will fight any monster to protect his people. Or to defend strangers. Or to gain a reputation. Or because he just really\n\nAfter Beowulf\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\;