{"product_id":"books-beowulf-by-maria-dahvana-headley","title":"Beowulf","description":"A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR     A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the acclaimed novel The Mere Wife.   Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf — and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment students around the world — there is a radical new verse interpretation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements never before translated into English.   A man seeks to prove himself as a hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all. These familiar components of the epic poem are seen with a novelist’s eye towards gender, genre, and history. Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment — of powerful men seeking to become more powerful and one woman seeking justice for her child — but this version brings new context to an old story. While crafting her contemporary adaptation, Headley unearthed significant shifts lost over centuries of translation.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53504102072593,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781911617822.jpg?v=1778079141","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-beowulf-by-maria-dahvana-headley","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}