Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition) by Tom Shippey

Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition) by Tom Shippey

Beowulf, composed around 700 A.D., is the first great epic poem in the English language. It tells the timeless story of a hero's fight against monsters and sets it against a complex background of political intrigue and tribal warfare. Situated in sixth-century Scandinavia, the poem brings to life a magnificent world that fuses history with fantasy. Tom Shippey's new translation of>Beowulf, reflecting a lifetime of engagement with the poem, makes its story clearer and more compelling than it has ever been. The original Old English text of>Beowulf>is included along with an extensive and innovative commentary, which guides the reader passage-by-passage through the poem and its criticism.

In addition to the text, translation, and commentary, this volume contains an extensive bibliography, a translator's preface, and an appended essay by Tom Shippey on Tolkien and>Beowulf-A Lifelong Involvement. The 2^nd edition (revised and expanded) adds new texts and translations (by Tom Shippey) of>Waldere, the>Hildebrandslied, and the>Fight at Finnsburg.

Neidorf, Leonard: - Leonard Neidorf is Professor of English at Nanjing University and a former Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He is the editor of The Dating of Beowulf: A Reassessment and coeditor of Old English Philology: Studies in Honour of R. D. Fulk.

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ISBN 13	9781961361157
ISBN 10	1961361159
Title	Beowulf Translation and Commentary (Expanded Edition)
Author	Tom Shippey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Uppsala Books
Year published	2024-02-25
Number of pages	440
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