Beowulf : : An Imitative Translation.
The name "Beowulf" lingers in our collective memory, although today fewer people have heard the tale of the Germanic hero's fight with Grendel, the dreadful Monster of the Mere, as recounted in this Anglo-Saxon epic. This edition of Beowulf makes the poem more accessible than ever bef...
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Beowulf : An Imitative Translation. Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021] ©1988 1 online resource (127 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- The Dane's Story: SCYLDINGS SHELTER SCYLD -- Grendel's Coming: DANES, DANGER, DARING -- A Grieving Mother's Vengeance: MONSTER-MOTHER OF THE MERE -- The Last Victory: THE DRAGON AND DEATH -- NOTES -- Appendix: The Finnsburg Fragment -- Annotated Index of Proper Names -- Genealogies of the Royal Families restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The name "Beowulf" lingers in our collective memory, although today fewer people have heard the tale of the Germanic hero's fight with Grendel, the dreadful Monster of the Mere, as recounted in this Anglo-Saxon epic. This edition of Beowulf makes the poem more accessible than ever before. Ruth Lehmann's imitative translation is the only one available that preserves both the story line of the poem and the alliterative versification of the Anglo-Saxon original. The characteristic features of Anglo-Saxon poetry— alliterative verse with first-syllable stress, flexible word order, and inflectional endings—have largely disappeared in Modern English, creating special problems for the translator. Indeed, many other translations of Beowulf currently available are either in prose or in some modern poetic form. Dr. Lehmann's translation alone conveys the "feel" of the original, its rhythm and sound, the powerful directness of the Germanic vocabulary. In her introduction, Dr. Lehmann gives a succinct summary of the poem's plot, touching on the important themes of obligation and loyalty, of family feuds, unforgivable crimes, the necessity of revenge, and the internal and external struggles of the Scandinavian tribes. She also describes the translation process in some detail, stating the guiding principles she used and the inevitable compromises that were sometimes necessary. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022) Dragons-Poetry. Dragons. Epic poetry, English (Old). Monsters-Poetry. Monsters. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Lehmann, Ruth P.M. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110745351 https://doi.org/10.7560/707689 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292756434 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780292756434/original |
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