Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney

Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney

Accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right. New York Times Book Review

"Magnificent, breathtaking.. Heaney has created something imperishable and great that is stainless—stainless, because its force as poetry makes it untouchable by the claw of literalism: it lives singly, as an English language poem." -- The Guardian

Seamus Heaney (1939—2013) 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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ISBN 13	9780393938371
ISBN 10	0393938379
Title	Beowulf: A Verse Translation
Author	Seamus Heaney
Series	Norton Critical Editions
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2019-03-19
Number of pages	344
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