Beowulf : a new verse translation / Seamus Heaney.
Material type: TextLanguage: engang Original language: English, Old (ca. 450-1100) Publication details: New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [2000]Edition: 1st bilingual edDescription: xxx, 213 p. : geneal. tables tables ; 24 cmISBN: 9780374111199Uniform titles: Beowulf. English & English (Old English) Subject(s): Heroes -- Scandinavia -- Poetry | Epic poetry, English (Old) | Monsters -- Poetry | Dragons -- PoetryDDC classification: 829/.3 LOC classification: PR1583 | .H43 2000Summary: Twentieth-century Irish poet Seamus Heaney's verse translation of the Christian-pagan, classic Old English poem "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters; provides the Old English version on facing pages and includes brief genealogies of the work's Danish, Geat, and Swedish royal families, and an introduction by Heaney.Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 829/BEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500060317 |
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Twentieth-century Irish poet Seamus Heaney's verse translation of the Christian-pagan, classic Old English poem "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters; provides the Old English version on facing pages and includes brief genealogies of the work's Danish, Geat, and Swedish royal families, and an introduction by Heaney.
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Text in English and Old English.
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