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The Translations Of Seamus Heaney
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN13:
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The complete translations of the poet Seamus Heaney, a Nobel laureate and prolific, revolutionary translator. Seamus Heaneys translation of Beowulf, published in 2000, was immediately hailed as an undisputed masterpiece, something imperishable and great (James Wood, The Guardian). A few years after his death in 2013, his translation of Virgils Aeneid Book VI caused a similar stir, providing a remarkable and fitting epilogue to one of the great poetic careers of recent times (Nick Laird, Harpers Magazine). Now, for the first time, the poet, critic, and essayists translations are gathered in one volume. Heaney not only translated classic works of Latin and Old English but also a great number of poems from Spanish, Romanian, Dutch, Russian, German, Scottish Gaelic, Czech, Classical and Modern Greek, Modern and Middle French, Medieval and Modern Italian, and more. In particular, the Nobel laureate engaged with works in Old, Middle, and Modern Irish, the languages of his home and upbringing. As he said, If you lived in the Irish countryside as I did in my childhood, you lived in a primal Gaeltacht. In The Complete Translations, Marco Sonzogni has collected Heaneys translations and framed them with the poets own writings on his works and their composition from his introductions, interviews, and commentary. Through these writings, we come closer to grasping the true extent of Heaneys extraordinary abilities and of his genius.
- | Author: Seamus Heaney
- | Publisher: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- | Publication Date: Mar 21, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 704 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0374277737
- | ISBN-13: 9780374277734
- Author:
- Seamus Heaney
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- Publication Date:
- Mar 21, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 704 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0374277737
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374277734