Beowulf A Translation

Name: Beowulf A Translation
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ISBN: 9780615612652

ISBN-10: 0615612652

ISBN-13: 9780615612652

Edition: 2012

Authors: Thomas Meyer, David Hadbawnik, Daniel C. Remein

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A stunning experimental translation of the Old English poem "Beowulf," over 30 decades old and woefully neglected, by the contemporary poet Thomas Meyer, who studied with Robert Kelly at Bard, and emerged from the niche of poets who had been impacted by the brief moment of cross-pollination between U.K. and U.S. experimental poetry in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a movement inspired by Ezra Pound, fueled by interactions among figures like Ed Dorn, J.H. Prynne, and Basil Bunting, and quickly overshadowed by the burgeoning Language Writing movement. Meyer's translation -- completed in 1972 but never before published -- is sure to stretch readers' ideas about what is possible in terms of…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Punctum Books
Publication date: 8/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Born in Detroit, MI, David Hadbawnik is a poet and performer currently living with his wife, dog, and cat in Buffalo, NY. Previous publications include the books Translations from Creeley (Sardines Press, 2008), Ovid in Exile (Interbirth Books, 2007), and SF Spleen (Skanky Possum Press, 2006). He is the editor and publisher of Habenicht Press and the journal kadar koli . In Buffalo, he directs the Buffalo Poets Theater, and writes on his blog, Primitive Information.