Beowulf: A Likeness,Used

Beowulf: A Likeness,Used

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Brand: Yale University Press
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Beowulf, the primary epic of the English language, is a powerful heroic poem eloquently expressive of the AngloSaxon culture that produced it. In this beautiful book a designer, a poet, and a specialist in AngloSaxon literature recreate Beowulf for a modern audience. Interweaving evocative images, a new interpretation in verse, and a running commentary that helps clarify the action and setting of the poem as well as the imagery, the book brings new life to this ancient masterpiece.Randolph Swearers oblique and allusive images create an archaic, mysterious atmosphere by depicting in forms and shadows the world of Germanic antiquityScandinavian and AngloSaxon art, artifacts, and scenery. At the same time, Raymond Oliver gives Beowulf a world in which to live, filling in the cultural gaps not with a thick matrix of footnotes but with poetry itself. Unlike many translations of Beowulf in existence, Olivers retelling of the epic uses modern verse forms for poetic effect and includes a wealth of historically authentic descriptions, characterizations, and explanations necessary for modern readers. Marijane Osborn completes the process of restoring context to the poem by supplying a commentary to clarify the historical and geographical dimensions of the story as well as the imagery that accompanies it. All three work together to bring a likeness of an old and elusive tale to todays reader.The books design and the commentary on it provide a unique visual complement to Olivers poem A strange and moving story, compellingly told and seriously interesting to any serious reader of books.Fred C. Robinson, from the Introduction

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