Translating Early Medieval Poetry: Transformation, Reception, Interpretation

The essays here, united by their appreciation of the centrality of translation to the interpretation of the medieval past, add to our understanding of how the old is continually made anew

The first decades of the twenty—first century have seen an unprecedented level of creative engagement with early medieval literature, ranging from the long—awaited publication of Tolkien's version of Beowulf and the reworking of medieval lyrics by Ireland's foremost poets to the adaptation of Eddic and Skal...