Beowulf
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (525 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FNX26Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 243 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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A classic that can appeal to a younger generation *Spoilers*What I loved instantly about Beowulf was its length. At only 100 or so pages of actual English and not the Old English that is written in its original form on the side, it seemed the least daunting of the famous epic poems to tackle. And adding to that length the content . "Kindle Issues Fixed" according to Michael P. McGuire. I'm not sure why reviews of the audio CD are mixed in with the Kindle book, but rest assured that the Kindle edition contains both the modern English and Anglo-Saxon texts and is formatted very nicely now.. cebepe said AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL?. Everything depends on the translation, and for a work as old and remote as this, the translation really has to be an original work in its own right while retaining its character as a translation. This is nearly impossible, yet Heaney pulls it off. Fabulous.
Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. . Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, appeared in 2008; Human Chain, his last volume of poems, was awarded the 2010 Forward Prize for Best Collection. He died in 2013. Death of a Naturalist, his first collection of poems, appeared in 1966, and was followed by poetry, criticism and translation
This newborn translation makes accessible to everyone the first supremely great poem to be written in the English language.” - Colin Campbell, Christian Science Monitor“Magnificent, breathtaking. Heaney has created something imperishable and great that is stainlessstainless, because its force as poetry makes it untouchable by the claw of literalism: it lives singly, as an English language poem.” - James Wood, The Guardian“Excellent has the virtue of being both dignified and sophisticated, making previous versions look slightly flowery and antique by comparison. “Heaney has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece.” - Andrew Motion, The Financial Times“A
It is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. Lesslie HallBeowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative lines. How is this book unique?Unabridged (100% Original content)Font adjustments & biography includedIllustratedAbout Beowulf by J. After his death, his attendants cremate his body and erect a tower on a headland in his memory. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel. It makes their books completely unreadable. Their pages fall off easily. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Why buy our paperbacks?Standard Font size of 10 for all booksHigh Quality PaperFulfilled by Expedited shipping30 Days Money Back GuaranteeBEWARE of Low-quality sellersDon't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. After a period of fifty years has passed, Beowulf defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle. It has no title in the original manuscript, but has become known by the name of the story's protagonist. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to by scholars as the "Beowulf poet". The full poem survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex, located in the British Library. After Beowulf