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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Heaney, Seamus, trans.
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| Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior & his fated death as a defender of his people. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, & then having to live on, physically & psychically exposed in the exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels in this story to the historical curve of consciousness in the twentieth century, but the poem also transcends such considerations, telling us psychological & spiritual truths that are permanent & liberating. In his new translation, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is both true, line by line, to the original poem & a fundamental expression of his own creative gift. "[Heaney is] the one living poet who can rightfully claim to be the Beowulf poet's heir."--Edward Mendelson, New York Times Book Review. | | |
Published 20010217
by W. W. Norton, Paperback, 256 Pages, ISBN: 9780393320978, ISBN-10: 0393320979, List Price $15.95.
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