Beowulf: A New Verse Translation

Brief Description: This brilliant and faithful rendering of the Anglo-Saxon epic has been revamped for the contemporary reader by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney. Review Quotes: "[Heaney is] the one living poet who can rightly claim to be the 'Beowulf' poet's heir."--Edward Melson, "The New York Times Book Review"Marc Notes: Old English and new translation on facing pages; First pub'd in UK by Faber. Biographical Note: Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. His poems, plays, translations, and essays include "Opened Ground," "Electric Light," "Beowulf," "The Spirit Level," "District and Circle," and "Finders Keepers." Robert Lowell praised Heaney as the "most important Irish poet since Yeats." Review Citations:

Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1073 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Library Journal 12/01/1999 pg. 132 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/2001 pg. 52 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

New York Times 02/27/2000 pg. 6 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

New York Times 06/04/2000 pg. 40 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 655 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 86 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 669 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 847 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 02/21/2000 pg. 84 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2000 pg. 47 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2007 pg. 498 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Time 03/20/2000 pg. 84 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Time 12/18/2000 pg. 93 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 03/31/2000 pg. 65 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Commonweal 12/01/2000 pg. 22 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2000 pg. 345 (EAN 9780374111199, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

New York Times 02/04/2001 pg. 32 (EAN 9780393320978, Paperback)

Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/2011 pg. 613 (EAN 9780393320978, Paperback)

Entertainment Weekly 02/09/2001 pg. 69 (EAN 9780393320978, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Heaney, Seamus Seamus Heaney received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995; he teaches regularly at Harvard University and lives in Dublin.