05-23-2014, 09:05 AM | #1 |
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Tolkien's Beowolf released
I read this in my local paper yesterday and found it interesting. I hadn't known the history of the Beowolf story or of Tolkien's translation.
http://www.therecord.com/whatson-sto...ulf-published/ I'm wondering if anyone has read any of the previous translations or if anyone's dying to read this new version from Tolkien? |
05-23-2014, 01:00 PM | #2 |
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I've read Seamus Heaney's translation, and thought it was pretty good. I had read a Penguin Classic version many years before (can't remember who translated it), and I enjoyed Heaney's version much more. Heaney's book has the original poem on the left pages, and the translation facing it on the right pages. Unfortunately, I don't see how you would be able to duplicate that with an EPUB and an ereader.
P.S. I enjoyed the movie version that was shot in Iceland. They added a back story for Grendel and a bit of humour that seriously changed the demeanor of the book, but I thought it was a good modernization. Last edited by rkomar; 05-23-2014 at 01:02 PM. |
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05-23-2014, 02:15 PM | #3 |
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It's at Amazon for $14.99 in kindle format.
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