| Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation Contributor(s): Delanty, Greg (Author), Matto, Michael (Editor), Heaney, Seamus (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0393342417 ISBN-13: 9780393342413 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: 829.108 |
| Physical Information: 1.42" H x 5.58" W x 8.51" (0.95 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Featuring 123 all-new translations by seventy-four of our most celebrated poets--including Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, Eavan Boland, Richard Wilbur, and many others--"this brilliant anthology infuses new vigor into Old English poetry" (Library Journal). Presented in an authoritative bilingual edition, The Word Exchange is as fascinating and multivocal as the original literature it translates. |
Contributor Bio(s): Matto, Michael: - Michael Matto is an associate professor of English at Adelphi University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Delanty, Greg: - Greg Delanty is an artist-in-residence at Saint Michael's College. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.Heaney, Seamus: - Seamus Heaney (1939--2013) was an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born at Mossbawn farmhouse between Castledawson and Toomebridge, County Derry, he resided in Dublin until his death. |