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Beowulfby Seamus Heaney
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A New York TimesBestseller and Whitbread Book of the Year. Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's new translation of Beowulfcomes to life in this gripping audio. Heaney's performance reminds us that Beowulf, written near the turn of another millennium, was intended to be heard not read. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulfis 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 lives to old age before dying 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 endof the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Synopsis:Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's translation of "Beowulf" comes to life in this gripping rendition that reminds listeners that the work was truly meant to be heard not read. Heaney "captures the sense of Old English poetry without adhering slavishly to its roots.IThe result is a "Beowulf" of rough elegance and emotional directness rendered in a voice both ancient and familiar" ("The Onion"). About the AuthorSEAMUS HEANEY is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995.SEAMUS HEANEY is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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