Description
| Product ID: | 9781911617822 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Beowulf |
| Subtitle: | a new feminist translation of the epic poem |
| Authors: | Author: Maria Headley |
| Page Count: | 176 |
| Subjects: | Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Classical texts, Poetry, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Poetry, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Sagas, Folklore, myths & legends, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Ancient World |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the acclaimed novel The Mere Wife. Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf — and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment students around the world — there is a radical new verse interpretation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements never before translated into English. A man seeks to prove himself as a hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all. These familiar components of the epic poem are seen with a novelist’s eye towards gender, genre, and history. Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment — of powerful men seeking to become more powerful and one woman seeking justice for her child — but this version brings new context to an old story. While crafting her contemporary adaptation, Headley unearthed significant shifts lost over centuries of translation. |
| Imprint Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-08 |
