Beowulf : A New Translation
Heaney, Seamus2000
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This tale celebrates the hero, Beowulf, who goes to Denmark and slays the monster Grendel and Grendel's mother. He later becomes the king of Geatland, and in old age meets death in combat with a dragon. Seamus Heaney's translation of BEOWULF is a work that is both true to the original poem and an expression of something fundamental to Heaney's own creative gift. One of the great classics of European Literature, the poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, being exhausted by it and then having to live on, physically and psychically exposed, in that exhausted aftermath. There are obvious parallels to be found in the history of the twentieth century and Heaney's BEOWULF cannot fail to be read partly in the light of his Northern Irish upbringing. But it also transcends such considerations, revealing psychological and spiritual truths that are both permanent and liberating.
Main title:
Beowulf : A New Translation / by Seamus Heaney.
Author:
Heaney, Seamus, author
Edition:
Abridged Ed.
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2000.
Collation:
15 cm.
ISBN:
9780141802473
Local class:
823.9
Language:
English
BRN:
248054
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