Beowulf: A Verse Translation
Seamus Heaney
256 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0393975800
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Language: English
Publish: 1038729600000
ClassicsFantasyFictionHigh SchoolHistorical FictionLiteratureMythologyPoetryRead For SchoolSchool
The translation that “rides boldly through the reefs of scholarship” (The Observer) is combined with first-rate annotation. No reading knowledge of Old English is assumed. Heaney’s clear and insightful introduction to Beowulf provides students with an understanding of both the poem’s history in the canon and Heaney’s own translation process.