Beowulf: A Likeness. Introduction by Fred C. Robinson. - SWEARER, RANDOLPH / RAYMOND OLIVER / MARIJANE OSBORN.
A Likeness
KORTE INHOUD
Beowulf, the primary epic of the English language, is a powerful heroic poem eloquently expressive of the Anglo-Saxon culture that produced it. In this beautiful book a designer, a poet, and a specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature recreate Beowulf for a modern audience. Interweaving evocative images, a new interpretation in verse, and a running commentary that helps clarify the action and setting of the poem as well as the imagery, the book brings new life to this ancient masterpiece. Randolph Swearer's oblique and allusive images create an archaic, mysterious atmosphere by depicting in forms and shadows the world of Germanic antiquity--Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon art, artifacts, and scenery. At the same time, Raymond Oliver gives Beowulf a world in which to live, filling in the cultural gaps not with a thick matrix of footnotes but with poetry itself. Unlike many translations of Beowulf in existence, Oliver's retelling of the epic uses modern verse forms for poetic effect and includes a wealth of historicall...
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1990Uitgever: New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1990.128 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0300048769ISBN-13: 9780300048766Helaas, laatste exemplaar van deze editie is recent verkocht!
