A New, Feminist Translation Of Beowulf By The Author Of The Much-buzzed-about Novel The Mere Wife Nearly Twenty Years After Seamus Heaneyâs Translation Of Beowulfâand Fifty Years After The Translation That Continues To Torment High-school Students Around The Worldâthere Is A Radical New Verse Translation Of The Epic Poem By Maria Dahvana Headley, Which Brings To Light Elements That Have Never Before Been Translated Into English, Recontextualizing The Binary Narrative Of Monsters And Heroes Into A Tale In Which The Two Categories Often Entwine, Justice Is Rarely Served, And Dragons Live Among Us. A Man Seeks To Prove Himself As A Hero. A Monster Seeks Silence In His Territory. A Warrior Seeks To Avenge Her Murdered Son. A Dragon Ends It All. The Familiar Elements Of The Epic Poem Are Seen With A Novelistâs Eye Toward Gender, Genre, And Historyâbeowulf Has Always Been A Tale Of Entitlement And Encroachment, Powerful Men Seeking To Become More Powerful, And One Woman Seeking Justice For Her Child, But This Version Brings New Context To An Old Story. While Crafting Her Contemporary Adaptation Of Beowulf, Headley Unearthed Significant Shifts Lost Over Centuries Of Translation.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Classics
Publisher : FSG
Author : Headley, Maria Dahvana
Language : English
Edition : Translation
Published :2020-08-25
Number Of Pages : 176
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0374110034
ISBN-13 : 9780374110031
Item weight : 0.29 lb
Dimensions : 0.55 in x 5 in x 7.4 in
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