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Description
Winner of the Whitbread Prize, Seamus Heaney's translation "accomplishes what before now had seemed impossible: a faithful rendering that is simultaneously an original and gripping poem in its own right" ( New York Times Book Review ). The translation that "rides boldly through the reefs of... read more
First Sentence
So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
Other Contributors:
- Burton Raffel (Translator)
- Burton Raffel (Introduction)
- Michael Alexander
- Kevin Crossley-Holland
- Robert Nye
- Seamus Heaney (Translator)
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