Grendel is a 1971 novel by John Gardner about the monster Grendel, whom the book follows through his perspective. Grendel is an anti-hero that causes misery wherever he goes until Beowulf arrives to put an end to him. Frankenstein is a novel written in 1818 by Mary Shelly after she heard of the story of … Read more
Grendel is a novel written by John Gardner. Grendel tells the story of two men: Grendel and his father. Grendel is an outcast, considered evil and ugly by those around him; Grendel’s father is a powerful and respected man who struggles to find favor with his king and among his peers. Grendel and Grendel’s father … Read more
“ Grendel was suffering from an unbridled contempt for all things under heaven, but there was nothing he hated worse than the race of man. ” Grendel (John Gardner) Gardner’s Grendel tells the story of Beowulf through Grendel’s eyes–although Grendel is not capable of speech or writing, Grendel is still quite the storyteller. Grendel’s hatred … Read more