'Beowulf' and Other Old English Poems

Rarely are these works translated by someone who is both a medieval scholar and a poet, and this combination makes for both fidelity to the complexity of the originals and compelling poetry in a modern idiom.

Sommario

Foreword by Tom Shippey
Note on Editions
Guide to Pronouncing Old English
On Translating Old English Poetry
BEOWULF
Introduction
Beowulf
OTHER OLD ENGLISH POEMS
A Note on Genres
Heroic or Historical Poems
The Battle of Maldon
Deor
Elegies
The Wanderer
The Seafarer
The Wife's Lament
Wulf and Eadwacer
Selected Exeter Book Riddles
Riddles
Gnomic or Wisdom Poems
Maxims II (Cotton Maxims)
Charms
The Fortunes of Men
Religious Poems
CÆdmon's Hymn
Physiologus: Panther and Whale
Vainglory
Two Advent Lyrics
The Dream of the Rood
Appendix A. "Digressions": Battles, Feuds, and Family Strife in Beowulf
Appendix B. Genealogies in Beowulf
Appendix C. Two Scandinavian Analogues of Beowulf
Appendix D. Possible Riddle Solutions
Glossary of Proper Names
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Info autore

Craig Williamson is the Alfred H. and Peggi Bloom Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College. He is editor and translator of A Feast of Creatures, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Tom Shippey is Professor Emeritus of English at St. Louis University.

Riassunto

Rarely are these works translated by someone who is both a medieval scholar and a poet, and this combination makes for both fidelity to the complexity of the originals and compelling poetry in a modern idiom.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Craig Williamson, Craig (EDT)/ Shippey Williamson
• Con la collaborazione di: Craig Williamson (Editore), Craig Williamson (Traduzione)
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.06.2013
• EAN: 9780812222753
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2275-3
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: The Middle Ages Series; Middle Ages; Middle Ages; The Middle Ages Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Texte: Antike und Mittelalter, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh