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Simon Armitage The Owl and the Nightingale (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- Owl and the Nightingale : a New Verse Translation
- Publication Name
- The Owl and the Nightingale
- Title
- The Owl and the Nightingale
- Subtitle
- A New Verse Translation
- ISBN-10
- 0691202168
- EAN
- 9780691202167
- ISBN
- 9780691202167
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release Year
- 2022
- Release Date
- 24/05/2022
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 8.8in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Poetry
- Series
- Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Topic
- Medieval, Poetry
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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From the UK Poet Laureate and bestselling translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , a complete verse translation of a spirited and humorous medieval English poem The Owl and the Nightingale , one of the earliest literary works in Middle English, is a lively, anonymous comic poem about two birds who embark on a war of words in a wood, with a nearby poet reporting their argument in rhyming couplets, line by line and blow by blow. In this engaging and energetic verse translation, Simon Armitage captures the verve and humor of this dramatic tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. In an agile iambic tetrameter that skillfully amplifies the prosody and rhythm of the original, Armitage's translation moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and ridiculous. Sounding at times like antagonists in a Twitter feud, the owl and the nightingale quarrel about a host of subjects that still resonate today--including love, marriage, identity, cultural background, class distinctions, and the right to be heard. Adding to the playful, raucous mood of the barb-trading birds is Armitage, who at one point inserts himself into the poem as a "magistrate . . . to adjudicate"--one who is "skilled with words & worldly wise / & frowns on every form of vice." Featuring the Middle English text on facing pages and an introduction by Armitage, this volume will delight readers of all ages.
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691202168
ISBN-13
9780691202167
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5050432765
Product Key Features
Book Title
Owl and the Nightingale : a New Verse Translation
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Medieval, Poetry
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
137
Lc Classification Number
Pr2109.O7a317 2022
Reviews
Delivered in a spirited iambic tetrameter, Armitage's translation . . . brings to life a dispute between its eponymous creatures. . . . moments of unexpected philosophical depth as well as bawdy hilarity., "The poem is a masterclass in the art of dishonest debate and twisted logic . . . . Mr. Armitage has become one of the modern world's great revivers of long-sidelined treasures. Anyone who thinks medieval poetry is crude, and literature began in the Renaissance, needs to read this poem." ---Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
2022
Lccn
2021-035941
Series
The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation Ser.
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