“Beowulf: A Translation into English Verse” by Matthew Hutchinson is a well-researched translation of the Old English, epic poem: “Beowulf.” Hutchinson starts the book with a detailed background on his approach to translating the poem. Then, he presents his translated version of the poem,...
Using the Old English poem Beowulf as its central example, the essay examines how, during its early scholarly history, Beowulf was identified as the property of various nations and peoples. It was the subject of claims and counterclaims, but all the litigants agreed that, whomever the poem ...
This new translation of Beowulf aims at rendering it closely from Anglo-Saxon (Old English) verse while maintaining its salient poetic qualities and literary appeal. Martin Puhvel's translation uses vocabulary that makes the poem readable to all, preserving at the same time the poem's characterist...
副标题:Translation and Commentary 出版年:2023-8-18 页数:428 装帧:Hardcover ISBN:9781961361003 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 写笔记 写书评 加入购书单 分享到 推荐 内容简介· ··· Beowulf, composed around 700 A.D., is the first great epic poem in the English language. It tells the timeless...
Open Document Beowulf Translations In Time Beowulf. The oldest and, arguably, the greatest epic in English literature’s vast history. Beowulf is an epic poem, originally written in Old English, that details the heroic exploits of the warrior, Beowulf, throughout his life. It represents the her...
first time on the shortlist for the main award, and one judge threatened to resign if Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was declared the overall winner; it finished second, very close behind the winner of the poetry prize, Seamus Heaney's translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf....
features actors from Wisconsin Public Radio, the American Players Theatre, and the Guthrie Theatre, supported by music and sound effects. The translation, by Professor Dick Ringler of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, evokes the original spoken delivery of the Old English masterpiece. Cast in ...
Accurate and literally faithful, the Donaldson translation conveys the full meaning and spirit of the original."Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with the historical, linguistic, and literary settings of Beowulf, including Robert C. Hughes on the origins of the Old English language, E. ...
作者:[美] Anonymous 出版社:Penguin Classics 副标题:A Prose Translation 译者:David Wright 出版年:1957 页数:128 定价:GBP 13.00 装帧:Paperback 丛书:Penguin Classics ISBN:9780140440706 豆瓣评分 7.9 30人评价 5星 30.0% 4星 33.3% 3星 36.7%
Define Beowulf. Beowulf synonyms, Beowulf pronunciation, Beowulf translation, English dictionary definition of Beowulf. n. 1. An anonymous Old English epic poem believed to have been composed in the early eighth century, principally concerning the exploi