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Beowulf : a new translation / Maria Dahvana Headley.

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York, NY : Macmillan Audio, [2020]Copyright date: ℗2020Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 4 audio discs (4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • spoken word
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
ISBN:
  • 9781250232182
Uniform titles:
  • Beowulf. English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 811/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • ICD 99492
Read by JD Jackson ; introduction read by the author.Summary: "Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf--and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment high-school students around the world--there is a radical new verse translation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served, and dragons live among us."--Publisher
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Audiobook on CD Audiobook on CD Learning Library Compact Discs Teen Services Area T CDBK 811.6 Hea (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 03/25/2026 78731000550383

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Read by JD Jackson ; introduction read by the author.

"Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf--and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment high-school students around the world--there is a radical new verse translation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements that have never before been translated into English, recontextualizing the binary narrative of monsters and heroes into a tale in which the two categories often entwine, justice is rarely served, and dragons live among us."--Publisher

Patron comment on 04/01/2026

Beowulf is at its best when read aloud, and this translation is no different. The use of modern slang in an ages old story is done beautifully.

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