{"product_id":"9781911617822","title":"Beowulf : a new feminist translation of the epic poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Headley, Maria, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Scribe Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Scribe Publications,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Folklore myths \u0026amp; legends\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781911617822\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eA NEW STATESMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new, feminist translation of Beowulf by the author of the acclaimed novel The Mere Wife. Nearly twenty years after Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf - and fifty years after the translation that continues to torment students around the world - there is a radical new verse interpretation of the epic poem by Maria Dahvana Headley, which brings to light elements never before translated into English. A man seeks to prove himself as a hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese familiar components of the epic poem are seen with a novelist's eye towards gender, genre, and history. Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment - of powerful men seeking to become more powerful and one woman seeking justice for her child - but this version brings new context to an old story. While crafting her contemporary adaptation, Headley unearthed significant shifts lost over centuries of translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39447675633817,"sku":"9781911617822","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781911617822.jpg?v=1615570319","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781911617822","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}