Audio Reading from Beowulf- Read by Seamus Heaney

Synopsis: A streamed audio recording of Seamus Heaney reading the following extracts from his version of Beowulf:

Opening of the Poem - lines 1-52
Sea Journey - lines 194-228
Grendel’s Approach; the Fight with Beowulf - lines 688-789
King Hrothgar’s Poet Recounts the Saga of Finn - lines 1062 - 1161
Hrothgar speaks of Aeschere’s Death and the Home of Grendel’s Mother - lines 1321-1382
The Last Survivor of a Forgotten Race Commits a Hoard of Ancient Treasure to the Earth - Lines 2241-2286
Wiglaf Reproaches his Comrades and Helps Beowulf Kill the Dragon - Lines 2631-2711
Wiglaf Enters the Dragon’s Barrow to Retrieve Treasure for the Dying Beowulf - Lines 2752-2831
Beowulf’s Pyre, the Closing Lines - Lines 3137-3182
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2003
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: Heaney, Seamus; Old English; epic poems

Name: Norton Anthology of English Literature
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