Beowulf

âThis close and readable translation, put together by a scholar who knows so much about the poem and its craft, remakes the old tale in a new register. From the prickly dignity of overdressed spearbearers to the sad songs of beefy breakers-of-rings in their cups, there is much here to surprise and delight.â â" Roberta Frank, University of Toronto

âLiuzza takes account of recent scholarly research and provides a commentary, a collection of supporting texts, and an excellent introduction to this âChristian poetâs bittersweet elegy for the doomed heroic life.â His account of the peculiarities of Old English poetic style is particularly helpful.â â" Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books

âLiuzzaâs volume is a resource pack for studying Beowulf and its translations. He includes specimens of other translations down the generations as well as invaluable supplementary material, the whole informed by scholarship of the highest quality and laid out attractively. The translation is fluent and unshowy. ⦠Understandably, it (and its supplementary material) is popular with students and instructors, and it is likely to remain so in the years ahead.â â" Hugh Magennis, Professor of Old English Literature and Director of Medieval Studies, Queens University Belfast, in Translating Beowulf: Modern Versions in English Verse