Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)
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Book Reviews of Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)Book Review: "It is always better / to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning."
So spoke Beowulf, legendary warrior/prince of the Geats (a Germanic people who inhabited southern Sweden around 500 CE) and hero of the poem of the same name, a poem in Old English that is arguably the cornerstone of English poetry. I had never read this classic, but with my youngest son now reading it as part of his ninth-grade course in world history, I decided to unshelve my hardback copy of the Seamus Heaney translation and fill that particular gap in my education. My conclusion is that BEOWULF is not an essential component of a minimally well-rounded education - as, say, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are - but it is interesting and well-worth the several hours required to read it.
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