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Seamus Heaney and Medieval Poetry (Paperback)
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Seamus Heaney and Medieval Poetry (Paperback)
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First examination of the use made by Seamus Heaney of medieval
poetry in his translations and adaptations, including the acclaimed
Beowulf. 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. THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW 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 themedieval
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 concernsboth personal and political. CONOR
MCCARTHY gained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin.
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