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| Title: | Beowulf
: A New Translation for Oral Delivery |
| Author: | Translated by Dick Ringler |
| ISBN: | 087220894X : 9780872208940 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 188 |
| Weight: | .478 Kg. |
| Published: | Hackett Publishing - November 2007 |
| List Price: | 24.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM: United Kingdom; Great Britain |
This new translation of 'Beowulf' captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. The resulting text provides an approximation of the acoustic features -- and power -- of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. This edition also includes a substantial Introduction and translations of three shorter Old English poems that shed light on 'Beowulf'.
Map; Introduction; The Story; Oral & Written Beowulfs; Legend and Lore; Narrative Strategies and Structures; The Hero; Christianity and the Problem of Violence; The Poet; The Metre of the Translation; Beowulf; People and Places in Beowulf; Three Shorter Old English Poems - The Fight at Finnisburg; A Meditation; Deor.
