Translating Beowulf : modern versions in English verse /: modern versions in English verse. ([2011])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Beowulf.
• Further Information: Note: Hugh Magennis.
• Authors: Magennis, Hugh
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, UK Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)
• Subjects: 829.3; Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism; Poésie épique anglaise (vieil anglais) -- Histoire et critique; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; HISTORY -- Medieval; Epic poetry, English (Old); Translations; Übersetzung; Nachdichtung; Englisch; Beowulf (anoniem); Vertalingen; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Literary criticism; Critiques littéraires
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846158377; 1846158370; 9781782044277; 1782044272
• Related ISBNs: 9781843842613; 1843842610
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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