Beowulf : A New Verse Translation Hardcover - 2000
by Seamus Heaney
- Used
This brilliant and faithful rendering of the Anglo-Saxon epic has been revamped for the contemporary reader by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney.
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Details
- Title Beowulf : A New Verse Translation
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
- Date 2000-02-15
- Features Dust Cover
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP98445454
- ISBN 9780374111199 / 0374111197
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.24 x 0.99 in (23.93 x 15.85 x 2.51 cm)
- Reading level 1090
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Scandinavian
- Library of Congress subjects Dragons, Monsters
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99-23209
- Dewey Decimal Code 829.3
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Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/2000, Page 1073
- Commonweal, 12/01/2000, Page 22
- Entertainment Weekly, 03/31/2000, Page 65
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2000, Page 345
- Library Journal, 12/01/1999, Page 132
- LJ Best Books of Year, 01/01/2001, Page 52
- New York Times, 02/27/2000, Page 6
- Publishers Weekly, 02/21/2000, Page 84
- Time, 03/20/2000, Page 84
