The Heliand
Translated from the Old Saxon

Mariana Scott (Translated by)

9781469658339

Paperback / softback, published 1 May 2020

216 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.3 kg

Mariana Scott, poet and translator of Hofmannsthal, Meyrink, Celan, and others, translates the eighth-century Old Saxon Heliand into its original meter in this work originally published in 1966. This anonymous masterpiece presents the life of Christ and affords an excellent insight into medieval life.