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BEOWULF. A New Verse Translation. Bilingual Edition
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374111197
- ISBN 13
- 9780374111199
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 2000. First thus. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Winner of the Whitbread Award. Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother. He then returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid fight against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it and then having to live on in the exhaused aftermath. In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the end of the twentieth century, Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. 220 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14907
- Title
- BEOWULF. A New Verse Translation. Bilingual Edition
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374111197
- ISBN 13
- 9780374111199
- Publisher
- Farrar , Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- heroes, Poetry, Scandinavia, epic poetry, English (old), Monsters, dragons, Seamus Heaney
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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