“Beowulf got ready, donned his war-gear, indifferent to death; his mighty, hand-forged, fine-webbed mail would soon meet with the menace underwater.”
A verse translation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf by the Irish poet and playwright, Sean Heaney. Old English is juxtaposed by the modern English translation.
Author: Seamus Heaney
Title: Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Edition: First Bilingual Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 213p
Condition: Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket with only mild edge wear—in new dust jacket cover.
Comments: Crisp copy
