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Type
Novel
Narrative Type
Fiction
ISBN
9780374111199

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374111197
ISBN-13
9780374111199
eBay Product ID (ePID)
430137

Product Key Features

Book Title
Beowulf : a New Verse Translation
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Epic, Ancient & Classical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Poetry
Author
Seamus Heaney
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
17.8 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-023209
Reviews
"[Heaney is] the one living poet who can rightly claim to be the 'Beowulf' poet's heir." -- Edward Melson, The New York Times Book Review, "[Heaney is] the one living poet who can rightly claim to be the 'Beowulf' poet's heir."--Edward Melson, The New York Times Book Review
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
829/.3
Synopsis
A brilliant and faithful rendering of the Anglo-Saxon epic from the Nobel laureate. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac 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 then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the "four-squareness of the utterance" in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader., A brilliant and faithful rendering of the Anglo-Saxon epic from the Nobel laureate. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac 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 then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the four-squareness of the utterance in Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader.
LC Classification Number
PR1583.H43 2000

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  • by metope
    12 Jan, 2021

    Excellentin every sense.

    Five (5) star rating: Excellent introduction & poetical translation by Irish poet Seamus Heaney of this Anglo-Saxon literary classic in an all-too rarebi-lingual edition. I'd recommend the large print hardcover version for its ease of reading. Tolkien's prose translation seems less impressive by comparison In my opinion, Heaney's bi-lingual edition is the best of any translation published before or since in English.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by rober_flowe
    23 Jan, 2019

    BOEWULF, in Anglo-Saxon and Modern English.

    Good Layout format, making it easy to compare old and modern forms of the language.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by lilykeileighsgrammy
    10 Jul, 2019

    Great book.

    Its a very nice book. I love old books and new covers on old books. It's fascinating to read such old historical stories.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by pneumeyer510
    21 Apr, 2024

    Beowulf: a delight to read, and to try aloud. Heaney--what more could one askfor

    the bilingual form with the modern by splendid poet is ideal

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  • by sat1907
    15 Jul, 2022

    Must read

    Great deal. Good read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale