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[the Maria Dahvana Headley version]
Not so much a translation as a satire. Headley has a perfect right to write satire -- but kids, don't believe it's Beowulf.
I must comment: having spent years beseeching (in my own head at least) authors of historical fiction set in early medieval England not to project our 20th/21st century masculinities onto them -- look at the Old English poems!! -- I'm crawling under a rock after this: the 'bro' translation has permissioned whatever they can do in that line ...more
Not so much a translation as a satire. Headley has a perfect right to write satire -- but kids, don't believe it's Beowulf.
I must comment: having spent years beseeching (in my own head at least) authors of historical fiction set in early medieval England not to project our 20th/21st century masculinities onto them -- look at the Old English poems!! -- I'm crawling under a rock after this: the 'bro' translation has permissioned whatever they can do in that line ...more
I've been on a quest to reread the crap that I was force fed during school. And as it turns out, I liked this much more this time around. I could feel the world and the monsters, and was constantly astounded with Beowulf's insane feats of strength.
That being said, I had absolutely NOOOOO attachment to anyone in the epic. Not even the main character, and though the language and wording is not something we use in our day to day speech, I was able to follow it easily. Though I totally understand w ...more
That being said, I had absolutely NOOOOO attachment to anyone in the epic. Not even the main character, and though the language and wording is not something we use in our day to day speech, I was able to follow it easily. Though I totally understand w ...more
Sep 16, 2012
Steve Goble
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
classic,
highly-recommended
My favorite translation of Beowulf.
