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Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth century, is the elegaic narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel, and, later, from Grendel's mother. He returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath.
Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571230419
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 330 g
Dimensions: 217 x 137 x 20 mm
Edition: Main - bilingual edition
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“Beowulf”
Concise and enjoyable translation of the Beowulf tale, Heaney's chose of words are perfect and add something to the tale which previous translations have lost making the story more vivid and enthralling and... More
“Beowulf”
This poem was written between the 7th and 10th centuries and praises the adventures of the hero, Beowulf. It tells of how he goes to Denmark and slays the man eating monster Grendel and then later on, Grendel's... More
“Hwaet! This is a tale worth retelling!”
Having studied 'Beowulf' both in translation and the original Old English, I've read many different editions of the poem. Heaney's translation is definitely not the most faithful to the original... More
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