{"product_id":"beowulf-a-new-verse-translation-by-seamus-heaney","title":"Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed toward the end of the first millennium, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of \u003cstrong\u003eBeowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother.\u003c\/strong\u003e He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. \u003cstrong\u003eThe poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Drawn to what he has called the \"four-squareness of the utterance\" in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:                                                                                                                              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[Heaney] has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece.--\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Motion \"The Financial Times\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right.-- \u003cstrong\u003e\"New York Times Book Review\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow did he do it? How did Seamus Heaney fashion verses, singularly handsome verses that not only capture the somber grandeur and mythic vigor of the Anglo-Saxon original, but also reflect the rhythm and timbre of the English we speak today.... This newborn translation makes accessible to everyone the first supremely great poem to be written in the English language.--\u003cstrong\u003eColin Campbell \"Christian Science Monitor\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagnificent, breathtaking.... Heaney has created something imperishable and great that is stainless--stainless, because its force as poetry makes it untouchable by the claw of literalism: it lives singly, as an English language poem.--\u003cstrong\u003eJames Wood \"The Guardian\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent . . . has the virtue of being both dignified and sophisticated, making previous versions look slightly flowery and antique by comparison. His intelligence, fine ear and obvious love of the poem bring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealive as melancholy masterpiece, a complex Christian-pagan lament about duty, loss and transience. . . . Heaney has done it (and us) a great service.--\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Harman \"Evening Standard\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1939--2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, he resided in Dublin until his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eFebruary 17, 2001\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780393320978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.69\" H x 8.3\" L x 6.12\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e256 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W W Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51004848439382,"sku":"xws1793794109703","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8236\/5270\/files\/beowulf-a-new-verse-translation-by-seamus-heaney_1.jpg?v=1793794117","url":"https:\/\/cottondriftclad.shop\/products\/beowulf-a-new-verse-translation-by-seamus-heaney","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}