Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0393330109 ISBN 13: 9780393330106

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2007

Riassunto

A best-selling translation of the classic epic is complemented by lavish photographs and illustrations of period relics, from Viking warships and chain mail suits to spearheads and a reconstruction of the Great Hall. Original. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"I wish that the astonishing and powerful Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf had been available when Roger Avary and I first wrote our film script. Heaney's reading of his own Beowulf has been on my iPod for the last two years, and I play it when my blood needs stirring. This illustrated edition is possibly the finest version of Heaney's translation yet, and is the next best thing to being in the mead hall at Heorat, watching the action, with Heaney chanting it beside you." --Neil Gaiman

L'autore:

Seamus Heaney (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. John D. Niles is the Nancy C. Hoefs Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393330109
• ISBN 13: 9780393330106
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 260