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Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation
by Greg Delanty & Michael Matto (Editors)
Encompassing a wide range of voices - from weary sailors to forlorn wives, from heroic saints to drunken louts, from farmers hoping to improve their fields to sermonizers looking to save your soul - the 123 poems collected in The Word Exchange complement the portrait of medieval England that emerges from Beowulf, the most famous Anglo-Saxon poem of all. Offered here are tales of battle, travel, and adventure, but also songs of heartache and longing, pearls of lusty innuendo and clear-eyed stoicism, charms and spells for everyday use, and seven "hoards" of delightfully puzzling riddles.
Featuring all-new translations by seventy-four of our most celebrated poets - including Seamus Heaney, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, Eavan Boland, Paul Muldoon, Robert Hass, Gary Soto, Jane Hirshfield, David Ferry, Molly Peacock, Yusef Komunyakaa, Richard Wilbur, and many others - The Word Exchange is a landmark work of translation, as fascinating and multivocal as the original literature it translates.
"Starred Review. Hefty and easy to like, fit at once for the classroom and the kitchen table, this anthology is a rare beast, a commercial opportunity that also fulfills a real literary need." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. This work affirms the reliable vitality and mystery of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Highly recommended." - Library Journal
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Greg Delanty is an award-winning poet and artist-in-residence at St. Michael's College. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.
Michael Matto is an associate professor of English at Adelphi University. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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