a) Beowulf!, b) Seamus Heaney, c) Old English text alongside translation, d) Beowulf!, e) Seamus Heaney, and f) Beowulf!
This is what I thought when I found out about it, but my Med/Ren prof dissed it. Said it was too interpreted, extrapolated too much from the original text. Of course, she can read the original, so what does she care? :)
Translating is hard work. I'm not sure poetry should be translated by other poets. I can definitely see Heaney getting too lyrical.
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Date: 2007-04-30 06:11 am (UTC)This is what I thought when I found out about it, but my Med/Ren prof dissed it. Said it was too interpreted, extrapolated too much from the original text. Of course, she can read the original, so what does she care? :)
Translating is hard work. I'm not sure poetry should be translated by other poets. I can definitely see Heaney getting too lyrical.