Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell

Beowulf

A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell

1000 • 425 pages

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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.


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It's a much better translation than the one I was reading before.

September 8, 2014

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