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Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Howell D. Chickering
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 15132
Media: Paperback
Edition: Bilingual
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1400096227
Dewey Decimal Number: 829.3
EAN: 9781400096220
ASIN: 1400096227
Publication Date: February 14, 2006
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Product Description
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest.
Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering, Jr.’s, fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the reader to encounter Beowulf as poetry. This edition incorporates recent scholarship and provides historical and literary context for the modern reader. It includes the following:
an introduction
a guide to reading aloud
a chart of royal genealogies
notes on the background of the poem
critical commentary
glosses on the eight most famous passages, for the student who wishes to translate from the original
an extensive bibliography
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 mixed, at best ... December 1, 2008
i/m going thru klaeber/s 4th edition, translating. since retirement, i/ve been reading in the originals the books i touched upon in my old language classes (greek, latin, and old english to me). i/m using the klaeber 4th, the clark hall & merrit, the quirk & wrenn grammar, & (formerly) this chickering to try to get a sense when everything runs, well, foul. i have read praises of its loyalty to the text and all, but it ain/t necessarily so.
there are times the klaeber text & the one used by chickering disagree, which is fine (i have the zupitza reprint from 1967, so i can make my own decisions). but there are too many times where the chickering 'translation' makes little or no sense. it becomes neither literal (which would be too confusing, no doubt) nor metaphorical. there are parts of poetry that can *not* be translated (as in homer, for example). i think this effort valiant, but ultimately confusing. i dropped the translation after grendel. it is more a hinderance than a guide, which is probably the worst thing you can say about a translation.
 Beowulf, as originally written May 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book lets you get a feel of how Beowulf was written in its original language, without having to study Olde English first.
beowulf January 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoy trying to read Saxon and having his translation to refer to is of great help. I am not sure of some of his translation but it is hard to make sure what you are reading since Saxon was never printed just writen. This a nice printing.
Excellent translation November 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although Seamus Heaney's translation is the one getting all the attention, and is very readable, this one is both readable and is a more word-for-word translation. The accompanying chapters on analysis of the poem are also fascinating.
I wish this version were the accepted standard. . . April 19, 2007
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
This edition is widely accepted as closer to the original than Heaney's, even by people who prefer the Heaney edition.
I am not one of those people. I have read Beowulf in several translations as well as in the original Old English, and this is the version I would recommend. I find it to be faithful, clear, and elegant.
The Heaney Beowulf is a great book for fans of Heaney (I enjoyed it myself in that capacity). The Chickering Beowulf is a great book for fans of Old English literature.
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