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Search - Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
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Beowulf A New Verse Translation Author: Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on, physically and psychically exposed in the exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to dra... more »
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2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was a great translation of a fantastic story. Seamus Heaney did an amazing job of keeping important characteristics of the original while making it very readable for anyone.
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I really enjoyed this book. The Old English next to the modern translation really increased the interest level.
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