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Beowulf (Bilingual Edition)
Beowulf - Bilingual Edition
Author: Seamus Heaney (Translator)
A New Verse Translation — 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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393320978
ISBN-10: 0393320979
Publication Date: 2/2001
Pages: 215
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 78 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
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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