How Long to Read A Readable Beowulf

How Long Does it Take to Read A Readable Beowulf?

It takes the average reader to read A Readable Beowulf by Stanley B. Greenfield

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Stanley B. Greenfield, one of the world's foremost Anglo-Saxon scholars, writes of why, after more than thirty years of study, he undertook the Herculean task of rendering Beowulf into conshy;temporary verse: "I wanted my translation to be not only faithshy;ful to the original but, as the late John Lennon would have put it, 'A Poem in Its Own Write.' I wanted it to 'flow,' to be easy to read, with the narrative movement of a modern prose story; yet to suggest the rhythmic cadences of the Old English poem. I wanted it both modern and Old English in its reflexes and senshy;sibilities, delighting both the general reader and the Anglo-Saxon specialist. . . . I wanted it to reproduce the intoxication of aural contours which... might have pleased and amused warshy;riors over their cups in the Anglo-Saxon mead-hall, or those monks in Anglo-Saxon monasteries who paid more attention to song and to stories of Ingeld than to the lector and the gospels." Greenfield has succeeded to a remarkable degree in reaching his goals. An early reviewer of the manuscript, Daniel G. Calder of UCLA, wrote: "I find it the best translation of Beowulf. One of the great problems with other translations is that they make the reading of Beowulf difficult. Greenfield's translation speeds along with considerable ease. . . Scholars will find the translation fascinating as an exercise in the successful recreatshy;ing of various aspects of Old English poetic style."

How long is A Readable Beowulf?

A Readable Beowulf by Stanley B. Greenfield is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Readable Beowulf Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read A Readable Beowulf aloud.

What Reading Level is A Readable Beowulf?

A Readable Beowulf is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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