The dazzling variety of Anglo-Saxon poetry brought to life by an all-star cast of contemporary poets in an authoritative bilingual edition.
Encompassing a wide range of voices-from weary sailors to forlorn wives, from heroic saints to drunken louts, from farmers hoping to improve their fields to sermonizers looking to save your soulâthe 123 poems collected in The Word Exchange complement the portrait of medieval England that emerges from Beowulf, the most famous Anglo-Saxon poem of all. Offered here are tales of battle, travel, and adventure, but also songs of heartache and longing, pearls of lusty innuendo and clear-eyed stoicism, charms and spells for everyday use, and seven "hoards" of delightfully puzzling riddles.
Featuring all-new translations by seventy-four of our most celebrated poetsâincluding Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, Eavan Boland, Paul Muldoon, Robert Hass, Gary Soto, Jane Hirshfield, David Ferry, Molly Peacock, Yusef Komunyakaa, Richard Wilbur, and many othersâThe Word Exchange is a landmark work of translation, as fascinating and multivocal as the original literature it translates.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Poetry
- Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Ancient & Classical
- Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Poetry
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Author : Delanty, Greg,Matto, Michael
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2010-12-06
Number Of Pages : 576
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0393342417
ISBN-13 : 9780393342413
Item weight : 1.11 lb
Dimensions : 1.65 in x 5.55 in x 8.23 in
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