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Title Beowulf : a translation and commentary / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Edition First Mariner Books edition
Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Mariner Books, 2015.
©2014
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1790258~S1
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Description xiv, 425 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Introduction to the translation -- Beowulf -- Notes on the text of the translation -- Introductory notes to the commentary -- Commentary -- Sellic spell -- The lay of Beowulf.
Summary Presents the prose translation of the Old English epic that Tolkien created as a young man, along with selections from lectures on the poem he gave later in life and a story and poetry he wrote in the style of folklore on the poem's themes.
Subject Beowulf.
Epic poetry, English (Old).
Monsters -- Poetry.
Dragons -- Poetry.
Epic poetry, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
Scandinavia -- Poetry.
Added Author Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, translator, author.
Tolkien, Christopher, editor.
Added Title Beowulf. English.
ISBN 9780544570306 (pbk)
0544570308
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