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Beowulf

A New Translation for Oral Delivery

Dick Ringler

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Imprint: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 02/2025
Pages: 304
Print ISBN: 9781600000000
eBook ISBN: 9781603842778

DESCRIPTION

Dick Ringler's deceptively simple translation captures the rhythm, movement, and power of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid modern English style and a relatively spare vocabulary. His generous Introduction, a lively yet masterly guide to the work, along with his translations of three shorter Old English poems elucidate a major English text almost as well-known for its subtlety and intricacy as it is for its monsters and heroes.

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