Beowulf: A Verse Translation - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0140442685 ISBN 13 : 9780140442687

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1973

Synopsis

A translation of the first epic poem in the English language.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the Danish king Hrothgar, then with Grendel's avenging mother, and finally with a dragon that threatens to devastate his homeland. Through its blend of myth and history, Beowulf vividly evokes a twilight world in which men and supernatural forces live side by side. And it celebrates the endurance of the human spirit in a transient world."Alexander's translation is marked by a conviction that it is possible to be both ambitious and faithful [and] ...communicates the poem with a care which goes beyond fidelity-to-meaning and reaches fidelity of implication. May it go on ... to another half-million copies." - Tom Shippey, Bulletin of the International Association of University Professors of English

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Alexander (translator) is Berry Professor of English Literature at the University of St Andrews. He has translated The Earliest English Poems, The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment, and Beowulf for Penguin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140442685
• ISBN 13: 9780140442687
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible