Beowulf by all : community translation and workbook / edited by Jean Abbott, Elaine Treharne and Mateusz Fafinski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbott, Jean (PhD), editor.

Treharne, Elaine, editor.

Fafinski, Mateusz, editor.

Series:

Foundations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beowulf.

Epic poetry, English (Old)--Translations into English.

Epic poetry, English (Old).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Abbott Jean : Jean Abbott obtained her doctoral degree on Names and Naming in Early England from the Department of English at Stanford University in 2020. She has written on Beowulf, the Life of St Chad, on Richard Rolle, and on the Prayerbook of Elizabeth of York. Treharne Elaine : Elaine Treharne, FSA, FRHistS, FEA, FLSW, is Roberta Bowman Denning Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at Stanford University, where she is also the Robert K. Packard University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and Director of Stanford Text Technologies. She has published numerous books and articles and principally researches the handmade book, digital technologies, and Early Medieval literature and textual culture. Fafinski Mateusz : Mateusz Fafinski is a medievalist, digital humanist, and translator. His PhD thesis at Freie Universität Berlin focused on the uses of the material past in early medieval Britain. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Text Technologies and teaches medieval history at Freie Universität Berlin.

Summary:

'Beowulf by All' is a community translation of the earliest English epic poem, produced in workbook form to encourage readers to create their own personal translations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE TRANSLATORS

INTRODUCTION

THE STORY

OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION

A POLYVOCAL EPIC AND EDITORIAL POLICY

THE POEM KNOWN AS BEOWULF

GLOSSARY OF CHARACTERS AND TERMS

SELECT BEOWULF BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF TRANSLATORS

Notes:

Includes translation from the Old English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Beowulf. English

ISBN:

1-64189-474-1

OCLC:

1268134696

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access