Hugh Magennis

Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse

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Produktbeschreibung

lso gives a full account of William Morris's strange 1898 version.An examination of English verse trans

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781843843948
• ISBN-10: 1843843943
• Artikelnr.: 41126471

Autorenporträt

Hugh Magennis

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 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 Epilogue Bibliography