Shearsman Books
Maldon : A Version
Product Code:
9781848616530
ISBN13:
9781848616530
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New
$12.38
Maldon : A Version
$12.38
Maldon is a version of the Anglo-Saxon epic fragment, The Battle of Maldon, which tells the tale of a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the invading Vikings which took place ca. 991 AD on the shores of the River Blackwater, Essex, almost certainly opposite Northey Island. "Smith's version of 'Maldon' preserves nicely a ghost of the alliterative pattern that rumbles through the original, without trying to reproduce it fully in a clog-dance of consonants. It is recognisably the same poem as the original: it has its linguistic density and compelling narrative pull, but it is free from the mildewed quaintness that sometimes hangs around translation from Old English." --Dr. Alex Davis
| Author: Michael Smith |
| Publisher: Shearsman Books |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 32 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1848616538 |
| ISBN-13: 9781848616530 |
