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Description:"So what is a rendering, and why is it any better? While I am limited in Old English, I do okay in New English, and know my way around, both with the regular stuff, and in the reading and writing of poetry. So what I did was this. I took about five different translations of Beowulf, including my two favorites (Heaney and Chickering), got the sense of lines x, y and/or z from them, and then cast that general sense into my own modern form of an Anglo-Saxon-style alliterative poetry. Then I did the same thing over again, and went on and on until I was done. Since I was making free to add words for the sake of the alliteration, and because I sometimes supplied my own imagery, the result is a loose paraphrase of the sense of the original, and not a knock-off of any of the translations I used. At the same time, the poem can generally be followed 'line by line,' give or take a couple of lines, and I am not saying I never looked at the original. What with one thing and another, this version of the poem has three more lines than respectable editions do. I don’t know. It was dark. They were big. Just think of it as more Beowulf than you would get with those other editions. But the sense of the original is there." (From the author's introduction)Available on Audible here."I've long been waiting for a rendering of Beowulf by someone sensitive to its muscular verse, its palette of irony that ranges from grim understatement to barely suppressed hilarity, its profound humanity and Christian faith. I'm waiting no longer—Douglas Wilson's is the one, far more faithful to the original than Heaney's or Raffel's, and conceding absolutely nothing to theirs in sheer dramatic force. I will be ordering it for my students forthwith."~ Anthony Esolen, translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, author of Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, and professor of English at Providence College"Douglas Wilson's Beowulf coveys with admirable clarity the poem's narrative and general character, and his commentary helps the studious reader to see how the poem reflects a time of cultural conflict and change."~ Richard Wilbur, United States Poet Laureate (1987), two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets"It is obvious that Douglas Wilson enjoyed himself immensely in rendering this Old English epic into the alliterative verse form of the original, and as a reader I found that this enjoyment energized the text. Beowulf is a story par excellence, and the most salient trait of Wilson's version is that it flows beautifully."~ Leland Ryken, professor of English at Wheaton College and author of The Christian Imagination and the Christian Guide to the Classics seriesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Beowulf: A New Verse Rendering. To get started finding Beowulf: A New Verse Rendering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2013

ISBN: 159128130X

Description: "So what is a rendering, and why is it any better? While I am limited in Old English, I do okay in New English, and know my way around, both with the regular stuff, and in the reading and writing of poetry. So what I did was this. I took about five different translations of Beowulf, including my two favorites (Heaney and Chickering), got the sense of lines x, y and/or z from them, and then cast that general sense into my own modern form of an Anglo-Saxon-style alliterative poetry. Then I did the same thing over again, and went on and on until I was done. Since I was making free to add words for the sake of the alliteration, and because I sometimes supplied my own imagery, the result is a loose paraphrase of the sense of the original, and not a knock-off of any of the translations I used. At the same time, the poem can generally be followed 'line by line,' give or take a couple of lines, and I am not saying I never looked at the original. What with one thing and another, this version of the poem has three more lines than respectable editions do. I don’t know. It was dark. They were big. Just think of it as more Beowulf than you would get with those other editions. But the sense of the original is there." (From the author's introduction)Available on Audible here."I've long been waiting for a rendering of Beowulf by someone sensitive to its muscular verse, its palette of irony that ranges from grim understatement to barely suppressed hilarity, its profound humanity and Christian faith. I'm waiting no longer—Douglas Wilson's is the one, far more faithful to the original than Heaney's or Raffel's, and conceding absolutely nothing to theirs in sheer dramatic force. I will be ordering it for my students forthwith."~ Anthony Esolen, translator of Dante's Divine Comedy, author of Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, and professor of English at Providence College"Douglas Wilson's Beowulf coveys with admirable clarity the poem's narrative and general character, and his commentary helps the studious reader to see how the poem reflects a time of cultural conflict and change."~ Richard Wilbur, United States Poet Laureate (1987), two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets"It is obvious that Douglas Wilson enjoyed himself immensely in rendering this Old English epic into the alliterative verse form of the original, and as a reader I found that this enjoyment energized the text. Beowulf is a story par excellence, and the most salient trait of Wilson's version is that it flows beautifully."~ Leland Ryken, professor of English at Wheaton College and author of The Christian Imagination and the Christian Guide to the Classics seriesWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Beowulf: A New Verse Rendering. To get started finding Beowulf: A New Verse Rendering, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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