{"product_id":"beowulf-translated-by-seamus-heaney-john-d-niles","title":"Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney, John D. Niles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComposed toward the end of the first millennium, \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e ?is the elegiac narrative of the Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel and, later, from Grendel's mother.\u003c\/strong\u003e Drawn to what he has called the \"four-squareness of the utterance\" in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e?Beowulf\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ?and its immense emotional credibility Seamus Heaney gives the great epic convincing reality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut how to visualize the poet's story has always been a challenge for modern-day readers. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeowulf: An Illustrated Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, John D. Niles, a specialist in Old English literature, provides visual counterparts to Heaney's remarkable translation. More than one hundred full-page illustrations--Viking warships, chain mail, lyres, spearheads, even a reconstruction of the Great Hall--make visible Beowulf's world and the elemental themes of his story: death, divine power, horror, heroism, disgrace, devotion, and fame. This mysterious world is now transformed into one of material splendor as readers view its elegant goblets, dragon images, and finely crafted gold jewelry against the backdrop of the Danish landscape of its origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI wish that the astonishing and powerful Seamus Heaney translation of ?Beowulf ?had been available when Roger Avary and I first wrote our film script. Heaney's reading of his own Beowulf has been on my iPod for the last two years, and I play it when my blood needs stirring. This illustrated edition is possibly the finest version of Heaney's translation yet, and is the next best thing to being in the mead hall at Heorat, watching the action, with Heaney chanting it beside you. --\u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe carefully selected pictures that accompany Heaney's masterful translation illustrate the heroic Scandinavian world evoked in ?Beowulf?.... They visualize its helmets, swords, warships, but also the jewelry and musical instruments, and the majestic landscape. --\u003cstrong\u003eHans Sauer, University at Munich, and former president, International Society of Anglo-Saxonists\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeamus Heaney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1939--2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, he resided in Dublin until his death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn D. Niles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the Nancy C. Hoefs Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eDecember 17, 1992\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780393330106\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.8\" H x 9.1\" L x 7.4\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e288 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W W Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68026477084755,"sku":"vve1793789936693","price":18.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/0499\/4131\/files\/beowulf-translated-by-seamus-heaney-john-d-niles_1.jpg?v=1793789975","url":"https:\/\/angorasoftfit.shop\/products\/beowulf-translated-by-seamus-heaney-john-d-niles","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}