Search Images Videos Maps News Shopping Gmail More »
My library | Help | Advanced Book Search | Web History | Sign in

Books

Grendel

Front Cover
673 Reviews
Vintage Books, 1971 - Fiction - 174 pages
The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.

From inside the book

What people are saying - Write a review

User ratings

5 stars
229
4 stars
185
3 stars
103
2 stars
66
1 star
36

I enjoyed the writing and narrative voice. - Goodreads
The plot is slightly ridiculous. - Goodreads
Pretty good introduction to nihilism - Goodreads
The writing style is broken and choppy. - Goodreads
Gardner's prose too is polished cold and smooth. - Goodreads
The premise was certainly intriguing. - Goodreads

Book Test Online Blog: Grendel - Book Test Review

Editorial Review - blogspot.com

1) What type of creature is the character <b>Grendel</b>? 2) Who does <b>Grendel</b> say is his only friend? 3) What creature does <b>Grendel</b> say needs a little dignity? <b>...</b> Read full review

Review: Grendel

User Review  - Marc - Goodreads

Bewitching. Nothing examines the human condition like a flaying examination of a non-human charachter. Read full review

Book Test Online Blog: Grendel - Book Test Review

Editorial Review - blogspot.com

1) What type of creature is the character <b>Grendel</b>? 2) Who does <b>Grendel</b> say is his only friend? 3) What creature does <b>Grendel</b> say needs a little dignity? <b>...</b> Read full review

All 673 reviews »

Related books

Contents

I
5
II
15
III
30
Copyright

9 other sections not shown

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

References to this book

From other books

Out of this world: why literature matters to girls
All Book Search results &raquo;

From Google Scholar

Telling the tree: Narrative representation and the study of ...
Robert J O'Hara - 1992 - Biology and Philosophy
Beowulf
ARTHEA JS REED
Focal Points
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
All Scholar search results &raquo;

References from web pages

Grendel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grendel is one of three antagonists, along with Grendel's mother and the dragon, in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf (AD 700-1000). In the poem, Grendel is ...
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Grendel

John Gardner’s Grendel « Grendel’s Mere
John Gardner’s Grendel (1971) looks at the story of Beowulf through the eyes of the monster. Gardner presents Grendel as a sentient speck in the universe, ...
thal1a.wordpress.com/ 2007/ 10/ 26/ john-gardners-grendel/

Lyrics: Grendel
Torch said: Actually a pretty heavy plagurism of a book called "Grendel" by John Gardner, a very good book that is listed as one of the top 100 horror ...
members.tripod.com/ ~Marillion_disco/ LYRICS/ l_grende.htm

Grendel Essays - Good vs. Evil in John Gardner's Grendel
custom writing essays custom written essays custom written research papers custom writing term papers Grendel Essays - Good vs.
www.123helpme.com/ view.asp?id=16457

Free Essay on An Analysis of Grendel and Frankenstein
Essays on An Analysis of Grendel and Frankenstein, free essays on An Analysis of Grendel and Frankenstein, papers on An Analysis of Grendel and Frankenstein ...
www.bignerds.com/ essays/ An-Analysis-of-Grendel-and-Frankenstein/

Beowulf and Grendel - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums
How many of you have seen this film? If you have seen it, how did you like the rather updated language - especially that of Selma, the Sarah Polley ...
www.sffchronicles.co.uk/ forum/ 31883-beowulf-and-grendel.html

Free-Essays-Free-Essays.com - Grendel
These are the words of the infamous Grendel from the novel, titled that same character, by John Gardner. They represent the phrase life itself is ...
www.free-essays-free-essays.com/ dbase/ 3c/ enq1.shtml

John Gardner's Grendel | A Way to Teach
This Illuminated Text by Alicia Acevedo brilliantly combines common ideas (and text) from Grendel, "Young Goodman Brown" and Plato's "The Cave. ...
www.awaytoteach.net/ Grendel

John Gardner, Grendel
If there is one book that John Gardner is best known for, it would be Grendel. It was written in 1971, toward the beginning of his fiction writing career, ...
www.greenmanreview.com/ book/ book_gardner_grendel.html

Book Sketch #1: Grendel
The first book I taught this year was Grendel, by John Gardner. Grendel is a retelling of the Beowulf legend from the point of view of the monster that ...
journals.aol.com/ belfastcowboy75/ TrickleofSemi-consciousness/ entries/ 2004/ 10/ 10/ book-sketch-1-grendel/ 881

About the author (1971)

John Gardner was born in 1933 and raised outside of Batavia, New York and graduated from Batavia High School in 1951. He was a poet, novelist, dramatist, translator and teacher as well as composing operas, librettos and paintings. Gardner wrote three works on the art of writing, which were "On Becoming a Novelist," "The Art of Fiction," and "On Moral Fiction." He also wrote the children's story "Dragon, Dragon" and the play "Days of Vengeance," which he wrote for his mother Priscilla. John C. Gardner died in 1982.

Bibliographic information