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The rattle bag, the anthology he cocurated with ted hughes, is one of the finest and popular poetry collections of its kind. Translated by seamus heaney, winner of the nobel prize in literature in 1995, and read by him on this audio cd, he breathes new life into this mythic epic. This revised edition of michael alexanders acclaimed verse translation makes accessible to modern readers the story of the scandinavian hero beowulf slayer of the monster grendel and grendels motherwho becomes a king of greatland in old age. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Download free epub, pdf new york times bestseller and winner of the whitbread award. I am now unable to read the other two translations that i started with after reading heaney s. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Beowulf by seamus heaney and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Then in 2000, seamus heaney, 1939 20 a nobel prize winning, harvard university professor, published the newest translation of beowulf.
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