Beowulf: A Verse Translation into Modern English

by Edwin Morgan

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This reprint of Morgan's popular and well-respected 1952 modern English translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic captures a taut expression of the poem's themes of danger, voyaging, displacement, loyalty, and loss. Morgan provides a fluid, modern voice from this medieval masterwork while retaining a clear authenticity, making it highly accessible to the contemporary reader.
  • ISBN13 9781857545883
  • Publish Date 21 November 2002
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Carcanet Press Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 128
  • Language English