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Art Nr.: 1848616538 |
ISBN 13: 9781848616530 |
SubTitle: A Version |
Serie: 13 |
Release Year: 2019 |
Published by: Shearsman Books |
Cover: Taschenbuch |
Cover Format: 216x140x3 mm |
Pages: 32 |
Weight: 55 g |
Language: Englisch |
Description |
Maldon is a version of the Anglo-Saxon epic fragment, The Battle of Maldon, which tells the tale of a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the invading Vikings which took place ca. 991 AD on the shores of the River Blackwater, Essex, almost certainly opposite Northey Island.'Smith's version of 'Maldon' preserves nicely a ghost of the alliterative pattern that rumbles through the original, without trying to reproduce it fully in a clog-dance of consonants. It is recognisably the same poem as the original: it has its linguistic density and compelling narrative pull, but it is free from the mildewed quaintness that sometimes hangs around translation from Old English.' -Dr. Alex Davis |
NEUWARE - Portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands! |
Art Nr.: 1848616538 |
ISBN 13: 9781848616530 |
SubTitle: A Version |
Serie: 13 |
Release Year: 2019 |
Published by: Shearsman Books |
Cover: Taschenbuch |
Cover Format: 216x140x3 mm |
Pages: 32 |
Weight: 55 g |
Language: Englisch |
Description |
Maldon is a version of the Anglo-Saxon epic fragment, The Battle of Maldon, which tells the tale of a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the invading Vikings which took place ca. 991 AD on the shores of the River Blackwater, Essex, almost certainly opposite Northey Island.'Smith's version of 'Maldon' preserves nicely a ghost of the alliterative pattern that rumbles through the original, without trying to reproduce it fully in a clog-dance of consonants. It is recognisably the same poem as the original: it has its linguistic density and compelling narrative pull, but it is free from the mildewed quaintness that sometimes hangs around translation from Old English.' -Dr. Alex Davis |