Beowulf (2020)

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Book Notes

Translation Notes

This is book is a translation from Old English of the original title Beowulf (1000).

The following English translations are known:

YearTitleNotes
1815 Beowulf Written between the 8th and 11th century but the first book publication was in 1815. Translated by an uncredited hand
1895 The Tale of Beowulf None
1904 Beowulf Prose translation. Translated by Clarence Griffin Child
1911 Beowulf Translated by Clark Hall of the uncredited Old English poem into Prose. Editions revised by other hands were published in 1940 and 1950.
1957 Beowulf Prose translation. Translated by David Wright(translator)
1963 Beowulf Author unknown. The exact date of the appearance of the first known manuscript of "Beowulf" is unknown. Estimates range from 975 AD to 1025 AD. Translated by Burton Raffel
1973 Beowulf Translated by Michael Alexander (translator) in verse.
1991 Beowulf: An Updated Verse Translation Translated by Frederick Rebsamen "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1991 by HarperCollins Publishers."
1999 Beowulf Translated by Seamus Heaney Heaney's modern English translation of the medieval poem by an unknown Anglo-Saxon author, originally in Old English.
2007 Beowulf: A New Translation with an Introduction and Notes Translated by John McNamara
2011 Beowulf Translated by Francis B. Gummere
2014 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien
2020 Beowulf Translated by Maria Dahvana Headley A new, feminist translation in verse.

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