Beowulf: A New Translation - Hardcover

Heaney, Seamus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 057120113X ISBN 13: 9780571201136

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1999

Synopsis

Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf A New Translation. London, Faber & Faber, 1999. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XXX, 106 pages with diagram of family trees. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Clean inside with solid binding. A translation of the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon poem relating Beowulf's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. Heaney has aimed to produce a work true both to the original, which is one of the classics of European literature, and to his own creativity. (Amazon).

About this title

About the Author:

SEAMUS HEANEY was born in County Derry, Northern Ireland. Death of a Naturalist, his first book, appeared in 1966, and since then he has published poetry, criticism and translations. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. BEOWULF wonthe 1999 Whitbread Book of the Year Award.

From AudioFile:

Beowulf is the early Teutonic epic poem many of us read in literature class and wondered why we were supposed to read it. The answer might have been clearer had we heard it instead. Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney has translated the poem from Old English and does the reading in this version. He handles the German and Scandinavian names with ease. But his versification is truly marvelous. The language has a flow and color that make listening a pleasure. The poem chronicles the exploits of Beowulf, at first a young prince who slays the monster Grendel and the monster's mother, and later an aging monarch who dies slaying a fire-breathing dragon. A subtext focuses on the rivalries and suspicions among Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The themes in Beowulf echo throughout English literature. Many of the episodes, for instance, are clearly paralleled in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 057120113X
• ISBN 13: 9780571201136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 126