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" Beowulf : "
by Dick Ringler.
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BL
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1033572
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b787942
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| Uniform Title
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Beowulf.English
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Beowulf : : a new translation for oral delivery /\ by Dick Ringler.
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| Publication Statement
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Indianapolis :: Hackett Pub.,, ©2007.
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cxiii, 188 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0872208931
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: 087220894X
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: 9780872208933
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: 9780872208940
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188).
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| Contents
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About the cover art -- Prefatory note -- Map -- Introduction -- The story -- Oral and written Beowulfs -- Legend and lore -- Narrative strategies and structures -- The hero -- Christianity and the problem of violence -- The poet -- The meter of the translation -- Appendix -- Beowulf -- People and places in Beowulf -- Three shorter Old English poems -- The fight at Finnsburg -- A meditation -- "Deor" -- Suggestions for further reading.
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| Abstract
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"Dick Ringler's deceptively simple translation captures the rhythm, movement, and power of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid modern English style and a relatively spare vocabulary. A steady succession and alternation of various verse types and sub types together with recurring alliteration patterns give this translation a remarkable momentum, one that makes it ideal for experiencing either silently or aloud." "Typographically, the text is set as a column of "single verses" rather than the "long lines" (pairs of verses separated by a medial caesura) that most readers of Beowulf are accustomed to. This innovation - actually a reversion to an older style of layout - highlights the metrical contours of the verses and facilitates ease of reading; it also makes immediately apparent the interplay among the text's variously indented "normal," "light," and "heavy" verses." "Ringler's generous Introduction, a lively yet masterly guide to the work, along with his translations of three shorter Old English poems ("The Fight at Finnsburg," "The Wanderer" [re-titled "A Meditation"], and "Deor") elucidate a major English text almost as well-known for its subtlety and intricacy as it is for its monsters and heroes."--Jacket.
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Beowulf
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Grendel
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Beowulf
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Grendel
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Dragons, Poetry.
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Epic poetry, English (Old), Translations into English.
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Monsters, Poetry.
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Altenglisch.
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Dragons.
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Epic poetry, English (Old)
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Lyrik.
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Monsters.
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Beowulf.
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Beowulf.
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Scandinavia, Poetry.
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Scandinavia.
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| Dewey Classification
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829/.3
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| LC Classification
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PR1583.R56 2007
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| Added Entry
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Ringler, Dick
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