Beowulf.BEOWULF, Seamus Heaney Seamus Justin Heaney (IPA: /ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/) (born 13 April 1939) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. He currently lives in Dublin. , tr. 2000/2004. Read by George Guidali. 4 tapes. 4.25 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4025-8177-7 $29.75. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. SA As Nobel Laureate Noun 1. Nobel Laureate - winner of a Nobel prize Nobelist laureate - someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath , poet, translator and educator Heaney explains on cassette four, which details his involvement with this classic epic, Beowulf was once of interest only to academics. They pored tediously over it in Old English to follow the evolution of the language and track and document the Swedish and Danish strongholds within early England. It took a 1936 essay by J.R.R. Tolkien for people to recognize that Beowulf was also a seminal piece of creative fiction. The poem is now a staple for university English majors, and excerpts are anthologized in texts for the secondary student as well. Heaney's modern translation takes some liberties with the original poetic form, resulting in word choices that further the action rather than force a metrical met·ri·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or composed in poetic meter: metrical verse; five metrical units in a line. 2. Of or relating to measurement. or alliterative al·lit·er·a·tive adj. Of, showing, or characterized by alliteration. al·lit  er·a scheme. The result is an accessible and surprisingly contemporary dark tale of monsters and mayhem, of fate and faith, and of a hero who is as generous and moral as he is brave and foredoomed. Guidall, an experienced reader of modern fantasy epics, performs with all the drama and passion a serious work in this genre merits. Francine Levitov, Attorney, New York New York, state, United StatesNew York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY |
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