Beowulf
€ 15,00
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781911617822 |
|---|---|
| Editora | Scribe Publications |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 176 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,198 |
| Data de Publicação | 08/03/2021 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 14,15 |
| Imposto | € 0,85 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 15,00 |
| Disponibilidade | 18 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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.