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Beowulf

by Heaney, Seamus [Translator]

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London: Faber and Faber, 1999. First edition. First British edition of Heaney's translation, first printing. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. xxx, 106 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards with spine lettering stamped in gilt. Fine and unread in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The Old English epic poem, translated and brought into modern times by the Irish poet and Nobel laureate.

Synopsis

Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, 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 returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255).

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Bookseller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
140944799
Title
Beowulf
Author
Heaney, Seamus [Translator]
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1999
Keywords
Ireland, Irish
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry;

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Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.

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