Abbott, Jean and Treharne, Elaine and Fafinski, Mateusz (2021) Beowulf by All. Community Translation and Workbook. Foundations . Arc Humanities Press, Leeds. ISBN : 9781641894746
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This is a community translation of the earliest English epic poem. Beowulf tells the story of a mythical hero in northern Europe in, perhaps, the sixth century. Alongside his story, multiple other shorter narratives are told and many other voices are heard, making it a rich and varied account of the poet’s views of heroism, conflict, loyalty, and the human condition. The poem is widely taught in schools and universities, and has been adapted, modernized, and translated dozens of times, but this is the first large-scale polyvocal translation. Readers will encounter the voices of over two hundred individuals, woven together into a reading experience that is at once productively dissonant, yet strangely coherent in its extreme variation. We hope that it turns the common question "Why do we need yet another translation?" on its head, asking instead, "How can we hear from more translators?," and "How can previously unheard, or marginalized voices, find space, like this, in the world of Old English Studies?" With this in mind we invite a new generation of readers to try their own hand at translating Beowulf in the workbook space provided opposite this community translation. It is often through the effort of translating that we see the reality of the original.
| Tipologia del documento: | Libro |
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| Parole chiave: | Beowulf, Old English literature, medieval poetry, translation methods, community translation |
| Soggetto: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositato da: | dr Vincenzo De Luise |
| Depositato il: | 26 Ago 2025 08:23 |
| Ultima modifica: | 26 Ago 2025 08:23 |
| URI: | http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/7288 |
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