Beowulf Yousef al-Mohaimeed Clara Janès

Clara Janès

Here he explores the place of his birth and his childhood

Sasha Dugdale on Ileana Malancioiu’s

But when he is rescued and taken with Yarico to the slave island of Barbados

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Beowulf Yousef al-Mohaimeed Clara JanèsPBS Recommended Translation for Spring 2013 The Anglo Saxon epic poem Beowulf is brought to life by American poet Meghan Purvis in a vigorous contemporary translation. Written across a range of poetic forms and voices, this rendering captures the thrust and gore of battle, the sinister fens and moorlands of Dark Age Denmark, and the treasures and glories of the mead hall. But can the hero defeat his blood thirsty foes, save the Geats from being wiped