{"product_id":"beowulf","title":"Beowulf: A New Verse Rendering","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eA bold, new rendering and a daring interpretation of the classic epic, Beowulf.\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;We tend to think being \\\u0026quot;stressed out\\\u0026quot; is a normal state of affairs, and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up. For the Christian, however, contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.\\nIt is certainly easier to go with our natural impulses when times are very hard or even just \\\u0026quot;annoying,\\\u0026quot; but contentment is an important part of our Christian life. Even the apostle Paul had to \\\u0026quot;learn\\\u0026quot; contentment. So we shouldn't wonder why we're still in spiritual kindergarten—repeating the same lessons over and over again—if we haven't given ourselves to study contentment. Thankfully, every test God gives on contentment is open book (even the pop quizzes!). In Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God. This encouraging little book follows after Nancy Wilson's Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age. Learning Contentment includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-118.pdf?2586\" title=\"Beowulf Look Inside the Book Sample\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/canonpress.com\/app\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eListen on Canon+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;Hear the song of spear-Danes from sunken years,\\nKings had courage then, the kings of all tribes,\\nWe have heard their heroics, we hold them in memory.\\\u0026quot; So begins a dark, but sturdy epic full of warriors, dragons, monsters of the deep, mead halls, and mounds of treasure. Beowulf is the great Norse epic poem, and one of the great inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In this bold and truly innovative translation, Douglas Wilson reproduces the alliteration and stresses of the original, though being more dynamic with particular wording. This is without question the most musical translation of Beowulf, one which many readers will return to again and again if they wish to get an idea of the feel of the original Anglo-Saxon.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\"Hear the song of spear-Danes from sunken years,\u003cbr\u003eKings had courage then, the kings of all tribes,\u003cbr\u003eWe have heard their heroics, we hold them in memory.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;Hear the song of spear-Danes from sunken years,\\nKings had courage then, the kings of all tribes,\\nWe have heard their heroics, we hold them in memory.\\\u0026quot; So begins a dark, but sturdy epic full of warriors, dragons, monsters of the deep, mead halls, and mounds of treasure. Beowulf is the great Norse epic poem, and one of the great inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In this bold and truly innovative translation, Douglas Wilson reproduces the alliteration and stresses of the original, though being more dynamic with particular wording. This is without question the most musical translation of Beowulf, one which many readers will return to again and again if they wish to get an idea of the feel of the original Anglo-Saxon.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eSo begins a dark, but sturdy epic full of warriors, dragons, monsters of the deep, mead halls, and mounds of treasure. Beowulf is the great Norse epic poem, and one of the great inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e. In this bold and truly innovative translation, Douglas Wilson reproduces the alliteration and stresses of the original, though being more dynamic with particular wording. This is without question the most musical translation of Beowulf, one which many readers will return to again and again if they wish to get an idea of the feel of the original Anglo-Saxon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook here and on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B01E48G6PG\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-057131\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_057131_rh_us\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;\\\u0026quot;Hear the song of spear-Danes from sunken years,\\nKings had courage then, the kings of all tribes,\\nWe have heard their heroics, we hold them in memory.\\\u0026quot; So begins a dark, but sturdy epic full of warriors, dragons, monsters of the deep, mead halls, and mounds of treasure. Beowulf is the great Norse epic poem, and one of the great inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In this bold and truly innovative translation, Douglas Wilson reproduces the alliteration and stresses of the original, though being more dynamic with particular wording. This is without question the most musical translation of Beowulf, one which many readers will return to again and again if they wish to get an idea of the feel of the original Anglo-Saxon.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I've long been waiting for a rendering of \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e by someone sensitive to its muscular verse, its palette of irony that ranges from grim understatement to barely suppressed hilarity, its profound humanity and Christian faith. I'm waiting no longer -- Douglas Wilson's is the one, far more faithful to the original than Heaney's or Raffel's, and conceding absolutely nothing to theirs in sheer dramatic force. I will be ordering it for my students forthwith.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Anthony Esolen, translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, author of \u003cem\u003eTen Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child\u003c\/em\u003e, and professor of English at Providence College \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Douglas Wilson's \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e conveys with admirable clarity the poem's narrative and general character, and his commentary helps the studious reader to see how the poem reflects a time of cultural conflict and change.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Richard Wilbur, United States Poet Laureate (1987), two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It is obvious that Douglas Wilson enjoyed himself immensely in rendering this Old English epic into the alliterative verse form of the original, and as a reader I found that this enjoyment energized the text. \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e is a story par excellence, and the most salient trait of Wilson's version is that it flows beautifully.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Leland Ryken, professor of English at Wheaton College and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Christian Imagination and the Christian Guides to the Classics\u003c\/em\u003e series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a pastor in Moscow, Idaho, a father of three, and grandfather of seventeen. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eDecluttering Your Marriage, Future Men, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e How to Exasperate Your Wife\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-118.pdf?2586\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: Douglas Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 152 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5x8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 10: \u003cspan\u003e159128130X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: \u003cspan\u003e9781591281306\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRELEASE DATE: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 15, 2013\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41201659609203,"sku":"Q-118","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":41201659641971,"sku":"AV-Q118","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/5462\/0787\/files\/douglas-wilson-books-paperback-beowulf-a-new-verse-rendering-7350624518192.jpg?v=1763147953","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.canonpress.com\/products\/beowulf","provider":"Canon B2B","version":"1.0","type":"link"}