Beowulf
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (814 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FNX26Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A classic that can appeal to a younger generation Nick Miller-Katenkamp *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 was deep, yet very easily understood from an initial reading thanks to the translation’s elegant prose, making the read not o. "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.. 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.
Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. It makes their books completely unreadable. The full poem survives in the manuscript known as the Nowell Codex, located in the British Library. 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 is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is commonly cited as one of the most important works of Old English literature. Their pages fall off easily. How is this book unique?Unabridged (100% Original content)Font adjustments & biography includedIllustratedAbout Beowulf by J. Victorious, Beowulf goes home to Geatland (Götaland in modern Sweden) and later becomes king of the Geats. Less
He died in 2013. 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. Seamus Heaney was born in County Derry in Northern Ireland. In 1995 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Lite
Heaney has done it (and us) a great service.” - Claire Harman, Evening Standard. 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. His intelligence, fine ear and obvious love of the poem bring ?Beowulf?alive as melancholy masterpiece, a complex Christian-pagan lament about duty, loss and transience. Heaney has created something imperishable and great that is stainlessstainless, because its force as poetry makes it untouchable by the claw of literalism: i