Beowulf

This Norton Critical Edition includes:* Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's introduction.* Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to Old English language and prosody by Daniel Donoghue.* More than two dozen visuals, including, new to the Second Edition, a fine selection of objects from the Staffordshire Hoard.* A rich array of Anglo-Saxon and early northern civilisation materials, providing student readers with Beowulf's cultural and historical context.* Nine critical interpretations, three of them new to the Second Edition.* A glossary of personal names and a selected bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Donoghue, Seamus Heaney
• Assisted by: Daniel Donoghue (Editor), Daniel (Harvard University) Donoghue (Editor), Seamus Heaney (Translation)
• Publisher: Norton W W Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2018
• EAN: 9780393938371
• ISBN: 978-0-393-93837-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 212 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Norton Critical Editions; Norton Critical Editions
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama