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...BEOWULF The Anglo-Saxon epic, the bane of English majors, looks brand-new and thrilling in a verse translation by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The tale may still strike readers as bloodthirsty, with much hewing and hacking, but Heaney's language evokes Beowulf's tragic stature, his helplessness to avoid--and his bravery while facing--the dictates of his fate...
...BEOWULF: The Anglo-Saxon epic, the bane of English majors, looks brand-new and thrilling in a verse translation by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney. The tale may still strike readers as bloodthirsty, but Heaney's language evokes Beowulf's tragic stature, his helplessness to avoid - and his bravery while facing - the dictates of his fate...
...Seamus Heaney beware: there's a new poet in Adams House...
Haviaras's tenure also brought poetry readings--which had been suspended since World War II--back to the poetry room. He personally raised an endowment of over $100,000 that allows for writers like Bennett, Donald Hall and Seamus Heaney to visit for lectures...
...occasion of Haviaras' retirement, an anonymous donor gave $25,000 to establish an annual Stratis Haviaras Lecture in poetry; Heaney gave the first address in April...