Beowulf A New Feminist Translation of the Epic Poem

A new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of The Mere Wife. Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf ― and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment high-school students around the world ― there is a radical new verse translation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements never before translated into English. 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. These familiar components of the epic poem are seen with a novelist’s eye toward gender, genre, and history. Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment ― of 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, Headley unearthed significant shifts lost over centuries of translation; her Beowulf is one for the twenty-first century.

ISBN:	9781911617822
Publisher:	Scribe
Imprint:	Scribe UK
Published date:	08 Mar 2021
DEWEY:	829.3
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Weight:	230g
Height:	130mm
Width:	196mm
Spine width:	15mm

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