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Anonymous publisher: , 10th century translated as: Beowulf publisher: Querido, Amsterdam, 1999 translation: Seamus Heaney refered to by: The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
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summary: A translation of the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon poem relating Beowulf's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. |
Heaney has aimed to produce a work true both to the original, which is one of the classics of European literature, and to his own creativity. |
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