Beowulf: A Verse Translation : A Norton Critical Edition Paperback / softback
Edited by Daniel (Harvard University) Donoghue
Part of the Norton Critical Editions series
Paperback / softback
Description
This Norton Critical Edition includes: • Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney’s poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic—winner of the Whitbread Prize—along with his translator’s introduction. • Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue. • More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard. • A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilisation materials, providing student readers with Beowulf’s cultural and historical context. • Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition. • A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:19/03/2019
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- ISBN:9780393938371
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:19/03/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393938371
