Beowulf and Judith - Trask, Richard M.
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The two great epic-theme poems Beowulf and Judith, paired in the Beowulf Manuscript preserved in the British Museum, are here presented in a translation with a unique fidelity that restores the true Anglo-Saxon rhythmical line of five subtypes of four beat stress adhering scrupulously to the alliterative strictures of Anglo-Saxon verse and exploiting its epithetical style. This is a ground breaking piece of work in that it recreates the indispensable stylistic and esthetic effects of the original while attaining a natural modern idiom, something that had been thought impossible to achieve.

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The two great epic-theme poems Beowulf and Judith, paired in the Beowulf Manuscript preserved in the British Museum, are here presented in a translation with a unique fidelity that restores the true Anglo-Saxon rhythmical line of five subtypes of four beat stress adhering scrupulously to the alliterative strictures of Anglo-Saxon verse and exploiting its epithetical style. This is a ground breaking piece of work in that it recreates the indispensable stylistic and esthetic effects of the original while attaining a natural modern idiom, something that had been thought impossible to achieve.
Autorenporträt
Richard M. Trask, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Old and Middle English), is author of "The Complete Writer's Guide: Questions of Language," and "Beowulf and Judith: Two Heroes." He taught courses in writing, History of the English Language, and Chaucer for thirty years in the University System of Maryland, then took up coastal living in Southport, North Carolina. Fuller details at https://richardmtrask.com