Composed towards the end of the first millennium,the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics and a classic of European literature. In his new translation,Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true,line by line,to the original poem,and an expression,in its language and music,of something fundamental to his own creative gift.The poem is about encountering the monstrous,defeating it,and then having to live on,physically and psychically exposed,in that exhausted aftermath. It is not hard to draw parallels between this story and the history of the twentieth century,nor can Heaney's Beowulf fail to be read partly in the light of his Northern Irish upbringing. But it also transcends such considerations,telling us psychological and spiritual truths that are permanent and liberating.
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571203765Number of pages: 144Weight: 180 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 7 mmEdition: Main
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney's passing in 2013 robbed the literary world of one of its most profound and learned voices. Born in 1939 in Northern Ireland,Heaney began publishing poetry whilst lecturing in Belfast in the 1960s,later moving to Dublin where he resided under his death.
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