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Beowulf and Judith

- Two Heroes

About Beowulf and Judith

The two great epic-theme poems Beowulf and Judith, paired in the Beowulf Manuscript preserved in the British Museum, are here presented in a translation with a unique fidelity that restores the true Anglo-Saxon rhythmical line of five subtypes of four beat stress adhering scrupulously to the alliterative strictures of Anglo-Saxon verse and exploiting its epithetical style. This is a ground breaking piece of work in that it recreates the indispensable stylistic and esthetic effects of the original while attaining a natural modern idiom, something that had been thought impossible to achieve.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780761808251
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 248
  • Published:
  • August 27, 1997
  • Dimensions:
  • 166x216x19 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 313 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 19, 2024

Description of Beowulf and Judith

The two great epic-theme poems Beowulf and Judith, paired in the Beowulf Manuscript preserved in the British Museum, are here presented in a translation with a unique fidelity that restores the true Anglo-Saxon rhythmical line of five subtypes of four beat stress adhering scrupulously to the alliterative strictures of Anglo-Saxon verse and exploiting its epithetical style. This is a ground breaking piece of work in that it recreates the indispensable stylistic and esthetic effects of the original while attaining a natural modern idiom, something that had been thought impossible to achieve.

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