Beowulf: a new feminist translation of the epic poem

Beowulf: a new feminist translation of the epic poem

A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR

A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the acclaimed novel The Mere Wife.

Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf ― and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment students around the world ― there is a radical new verse interpretation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements never before translated into English.

A man seeks to prove himself as a hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all. These familiar components of the epic poem are seen with a novelist’s eye towards gender, genre, and history. Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment ― of powerful men seeking to become more powerful and one woman seeking justice for her child ― but this version brings new context to an old story. While crafting her contemporary adaptation, Headley unearthed significant shifts lost over centuries of translation.

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• Editora ‏ : ‎ Scribe Publications; 1ª edição (8 março 2021)
• Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
• Capa comum ‏ : ‎ 176 páginas
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1911617826
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1911617822
• Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 1.34 x 19.8 cm

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