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The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
Greg Delanty
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Description for The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
Hardcover. The dazzling variety of Anglo-Saxon poetry brought to life by an all-star cast of contemporary poets in an authoritative bilingual edition. Editor(s): Delanty, Greg; Matto, Michael. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 37. Weight in Grams: 922.
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 soul—the 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 ... Read more
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 soul—the 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393079012
SKU
V9780393079012
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About Greg Delanty
Greg Delanty is an artist-in-residence at Saint Michael’s College. He lives in Burlington, Vermont. Michael Matto is an associate professor of English at Adelphi University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Seamus Heaney (1939—2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, ... Read more
Reviews for The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
"Starred Review: This brilliant anthology infuses new vigor into Old English poetry and will delight scholars and general readers alike…. The results are stunning. The different translations convey the multivocal variety characterizing the originals, a quality usually absent from selections translated by one hand…. Highly recommended."
Library Journal "Starred Review. Hefty and easy to like, fit at once for ... Read more
Library Journal "Starred Review. Hefty and easy to like, fit at once for ... Read more