Beowulf : a verse translation : authoritative text, contexts, criticism
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Beowulf : a verse translation : authoritative text, contexts, criticism
(Norton critical editions)
W.W. Norton, c2019
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 291-299
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Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
* Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's 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 Beowulf's cultural and historical context.
* Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition.
* A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.
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