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Beowulf: A Verse Translation: A Norton Critical Edition

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Translated by: Seamus Heaney

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaneys poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epicwinner of the Whitbread Prizealong with his translators introduction.
Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue.
More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard.
A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilisation materials, providing student readers with Beowulfs cultural and historical context.
Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition.
A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 293g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Mar 2019
  • Publisher: WW Norton & Co
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780393938371

About

Seamus Heaney (19392013) was an Irish poet playwright translator lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge County Derry he resided in Dublin until his death. Daniel Donoghue is Professor of English at Harvard University. He is the author of Style in Old English Poetry: The Test of the Auxiliary and Lady Godiva: A Literary History of a Legend.

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