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Sto caricando le informazioni... Old English Poetry: An Anthology: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition (Broadview Anthology of British Literature Editions) (edizione 2014)di R. M. Liuzza (A cura di)
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R.M. Liuzza's Broadview edition of Beowulfwas published at almost exactly the same time as Seamus Heaney's; in reviewing the two together in July 2000 for The New York Review of Books, Frank Kermode concluded that both translations were superior to their predecessors, and that it was impossible to choose between the two: "the less celebrated translator can be matched with the famous one," he wrote, and "Liuzza's book is in some respects more useful than Heaney's." Ever since, the Liuzza Beowulfhas remained among the top sellers on the Broadview list. With this volume readers will now be able to enjoy a much broader selection of Old English poetry in translations by Liuzza. As the collection demonstrates, the range and diversity of the works that have survived is extraordinary--from heartbreaking sorrow to wide-eyed wonder, from the wisdom of old age to the hot blood of battle, and to the deepest and most poignant loneliness. There is breathless storytelling and ponderous cataloguing; there is fervent religious devotion and playful teasing. The poems translated here are meant to provide a sense of some of this range and diversity; in doing so they also offer significant portions of three of the important manuscripts of Old English poetry--the Vercelli Book, the Junius Manuscript, and the Exeter Book. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)829.1008Literature English Old English literature, ca. 450-1100 PoetryClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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What substance do these poems contain? They speak of fighting (a lot of fighting), the Christian religion, and making sense of a wide and diverse world. At their best, they bring to mind modern stories like The Lord of the Rings. They also represent a natural longing for order, safety, and stability in a precarious medieval world. The book starts out with a well-known ode of Caedmon’s calling to speak only of the goodness of God’s creation. Many tales appropriate classic Christian stories (like the Exodus, Daniel, and Judith) and gild an interesting layer of ancient Anglo-Saxon culture onto these tales. While the majority of the book contains some sort of religious veneer, the collection ends secularly with themes of battle and the vast European world.
Unfortunately, this edition does not contain the original texts. I have heard that the original verse contains certain forms of meter and alliteration that helped facilitate memorization and recall. Most of the translations, though, still hearken to a pre-Latinized language filled with short and compounded words. A few poems, like “The Fight at Finnsburh,” have a well-developed sense of narrative and imagery worthy even by modern standards.
This work appeals to anyone longing for a sense of history within the English language. Many moderns might bore of incessant appeals to the Deity, but such appeals only illustrate how fragile and fleeting life was (and is still?). These poems try to make sense of their medieval world much as we try to make sense of our modern world. One can only hope that some reader a thousand years hence would read our writing. ( )