Beowulf : a new verse translation
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New York ; W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.
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0393320979, 9780393320978
Lexile measure
1090L
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Published
New York ; W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxx, 213 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0393320979, 9780393320978
Lexile measure
1090

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Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and then having to live on in the exhausted aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, 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 Beowulf and its immense emotional credibility, Heaney gives these epic qualities new and convincing reality for the contemporary reader.
Target Audience
1090L,Lexile
Language
Text in English and Old English.
Awards
Whitbread Award, 1999.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Heaney, S. (2001). Beowulf: a new verse translation (First Norton paperback edition.). W.W. Norton & Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. 2001. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation. W.W. Norton & Co.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-2013. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation W.W. Norton & Co, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Heaney, Seamus. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation First Norton paperback edition., W.W. Norton & Co., 2001.

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