Seamus Heaney and Medieval Poetry: 0 - Hardcover

McCarthy, Conor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184384141X ISBN 13: 9781843841418

Verlag: D.S.Brewer, 2008

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[Provides] an excellent resource for students not just of Heaney's poetry, but also of medievalism more generally. A remarkable survey of Heaney's work and its debt to medieval poetry. [...]McCarthy has presented a compelling analysis of Heaney's use of medieval poetry that should be of great interest to the growing body of scholars interested in medievalism. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW

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Seamus Heaney's engagement with medieval literature constitutes a significant body of work by a major poet that extends across four decades, including a landmark translation of Beowulf. This book, the first to look exclusively at this engagement, examines both Heaney's direct translations and his adaptation of medieval material in his original poems. Each of the four chapters focuses substantially on a single major text: Sweeney Astray (1983), Station Island (1984), Beowulf (1999) and The Testament of Cresseid (2004). The discussion examines Heaney's translation practice in relation to source texts from a variety of languages (Irish, Italian, Old English, and Middle Scots) from across the medieval period, and also in relation to Heaney's own broader body of work. It suggests that Heaney's translations and adaptations give a contemporary voice to medieval texts, bringing the past to bear upon contemporary concerns both personal and political.

CONOR MCCARTHY gained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin.

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• Verlag: D.S.Brewer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 184384141X
• ISBN 13: 9781843841418
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204