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Beowulf (Bilingual Edition)
by Heaney, Seamus
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374111197
- ISBN 13
- 9780374111199
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First bilingual edition--in English on the recto and the original Old English on verso--in this new verse translation by the Nobel-prize-winning Dublin author. In 213 pages with Introduction, Family Trees, & "A Note on Names" by Alfred David. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2000, this hardcover 8vo has deep blue paper over boards with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: just slightly less crisp than brand new! Tiny smudge to front endpapers, mild dust dulling to top outside page edges. Else, completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked, colors vivid. The unclipped DJ is also Near Fine, with a hint of rubbing to top of spine, no fading. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time) ship same day; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Beowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth centuries, 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 returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney's celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255).
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022155
- Title
- Beowulf (Bilingual Edition)
- Author
- Heaney, Seamus
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0374111197
- ISBN 13
- 9780374111199
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- FANTASY FICTION ADVENTURE OLD ENGLISH LEGENDS SWEDISH DANISH GRENDEL MONSTERS MYTHOLOGY MYTH LEGEND HERO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Foreign (non-English) Language;
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