Beowulf, a new translation
By: by Bernard F. Huppé.
Contributors: Huppé, Bernard Felix, 1911-
Series: Pegasus paperbooks
Publisher: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Binghamton, N.Y
Language: eng; ang
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Epic poetry, English (Old)
Description: In the introduction to this spirited new translation, Huppe discusses the structure of the story itself, the narrative method, and the underlying Augustinian ethic. He presents the problem of heroic values at odds with Christian values, exemplified by the persona's voice and the auctorial voice and carried out in the poem's contrapuntal technique. He provides a graphic design of the narrative itself and sets forth the problems of translating. - Back cover.
Notes: A rev. translation of the author's earlier translation included in his A hero in the earthly city published in 1984.