Beowulf : a new translation /
Headley provides a radical new verse translation of the epic poem. She brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served and drago...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
MCD x FSG Originals/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Headley provides a radical new verse translation of the epic poem. She brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served and dragons live among us. The familiar elements of the epic poem are seen with a novelist's eye toward gender, genre and history, unearthing significant shifts in the epic poem that have been lost over centuries of translation. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 140 pages : portrait ; 19 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780374110031 0374110034 |