Michael james swanton born 1939 is a british polymath. Born a bowbell cockney in the opening days of world war ii, michael emerged from blitzstricken london dockland wholly depressed. Manchester university press, sep 15, 1997 literary criticism 212 pages. Swantons own scholarly publications have included translations of beowulf, the gesta herewardi a life of hereward the wake, the vitae duorum offarum the lives of two offas, and the anglosaxon chronicle, as well as books on early english literature, art, architecture, and archaeology. Michael james swanton has 17 books on goodreads with 1026 ratings. Swantons own scholarly publications have included translations of beowulf, the gesta herewardi a life of hereward the wake. Revised edition manchester medieval texts mup swanton, michael on. The oldest piece of vernacular literature of any substance not only in england but the whole of europe, it breathes the true spirit of the northern heroic age. It celebrates the hero beowulf, who goes to denmark and slays the.
In michael swantons wellrespected prose translation of beowulf, he writes, on dark nights he grendel dwelt in the treasuredecked hall, heorot. Professor michael swanton inspects medieval murals discovered in devon, uk, 2008 student chairman, 196263 handbook frontis. Michael james swanton author of the anglo saxon chronicles. Michael james swantons most popular book is beowulf.
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Beowulf manchester medieval classics by michael swanton. Grendel by john gardner, eaters of the dead by michael crichton, the curse of slagfid by elizabeth h. Although the authorship is anonymous it is believed to have been written before the 10th century ad. Books by michael james swanton author of the anglo saxon. Michael swanton is reader in english medieval studies at the university of exeter. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poems final creation will help readers see beowulf as an exploration. Table of contents a note on the text and translation, map, select bibliography, beowulf text, notes, peoples and genealogies, glossary of proper names.
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Among other quirky decisions made in order to open up the text, the project wound up being a kind of typological specimen book for long american poems extant circa 1965. His extensive publications include translations of the epic poem beowulf 1978 and a selection of anglo saxon prose 1993. Michael james swanton is a uk polymath, author and academic. In his new translation, seamus heaney has produced a work which is both true, line by line, to the original poem, and an expression.
Beowulf beowulf by swanton, michael author may081997 paperback. Revised edition manchester medieval studies 2rev ed by swanton, michael isbn. Tolkien, beowulf treated as a historical document but own conflicting opinion. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Toronto, 2008, updating the edition by friedrich klaeber, beowulf and the fight at finnsburg, 3rd ed.
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