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I'd also vouch for his translation of Beowulf, which is one of the modern great translations of a work. The Translations of Seamus Heaney book also provides som
by starkparker 3y ago
I'd also vouch for his translation of Beowulf, which is one of the modern great translations of a work. The Translations of Seamus Heaney book also provides some fantastic context for how his translation work and own writings informed each other.
- qohen 3y agoYouTube has Heaney reading his Beowulf translation (in 2 parts[0][1]) -- given that Beowulf was an oral epic, you may want to check it out. If you want your own copy, Audible has it[2] -- it's about $15 (but they also have a free trial and occasionally Amazon offers a free download from them) -- note that according to some comments, even though it's over 2 hours, it's abridged. And, of course, there's the printed version[3] -- it's actually bilingual. $12.76 in print, $1.99 on Kindle. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaB0trCztM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaB0trCztM0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsxxg5P-DnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsxxg5P-DnY [2] https://www.audible.com/pd/Beowulf-Audiobook/B002V5CVPY https://www.audible.com/pd/Beowulf-Audiobook/B002V5CVPY [3] https://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-New-Verse-Translation-Bilingual/dp/0393320979/ https://www.amazon.com/Beowulf-New-Verse-Translation-Bilingu...