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Beowulf - A Translation and Commentary, Together With Sellic Spell slipcased ed

English · Hardback

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The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.

About the author

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Christopher Tolkien, born on 24 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin, and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was awarded the Bodley Medal for his services to literature in 2016. He died in January 2020 at the age of 95.

Report

"This is long-awaited, and hugely exciting for Tolkien readers" The Guardian
"If he had never written The Lord of the Rings he would have been famous in academic circles for writing one published lecture on Beowulf called The Monsters and the Critics. It turned things upside down. Beowulf was probably the medieval text that influenced him the most and the commentary and lectures are 'nuggets of gold'"
The Independent
"A tantalising prospect. Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain is a master class in linguistic chicanery - Middle English meets Middle Earth... it will be interesting to see if it gives Heaney's Beowulf a run for its money"
Simon Armitage, The Guardian

Product details

Authors John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Assisted by Christopher Tolkien (Editor), Tolkien Christopher (Editor)
Publisher Harper Collins Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 22.05.2014
 
EAN 9780007590070
ISBN 978-0-00-759007-0
No. of pages 448
Dimensions 149 mm x 228 mm x 50 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends

FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

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