Translating Beowulf : modern versions in English verse /

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Translations of the Old English poem Beowulf proliferate, and their number continues to grow. Focusing on the particularly rich period since 1950, this book presents a critical account of translations in English verse, setting them in the contexts both of the larger story of recovery and reception o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Magennis, Hugh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Old English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer, [2011]
Subjects:
Beowulf > Translations into English > History and criticism.
Beowulf. > English > (Morgan)
Beowulf. > English > (Raffel)
Beowulf. > English > (Alexander)
Beowulf. > English > (Heaney)
Beowulf. > English > (Morris and Wyatt)
Beowulf
Beowulf 3150-3155
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Translations
Übersetzung
Nachdichtung
Englisch
Beowulf (anoniem)
Vertalingen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Beowulf and translation
  • Approaching the poetry of Beowulf
  • Reception, perceptions, and a survey of earlier verse translations of Beowulf
  • Edwin Morgan : speaking to his own age
  • Burton Raffel : mastering the original to leave it
  • Michael Alexander : shadowing the Old English
  • Seamus Heaney : a living speech raised to the power of verse
  • Other post-1950 verse translations.

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