Tolkien's Beowulf to be published! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 03-19-2014, 09:18 AM

Long rumored, with a supposed edition reported ten years ago which vanished, it's coming! Tolkien's ca. 1926 prose translation of the great Old English epic, together with his detailed commentary. (No, the unfinished poetic translation isn't included)

Also, JRRT's unpublished story Sellic Spell, an attempt to envision the Beowulf legend as an A-S folktale without the historical and mythological freight.

http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/....WYKb6id8.gbpl

03-19-2014, 09:18 AM	#1
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	Tolkien's Beowulf to be published! Long rumored, with a supposed edition reported ten years ago which vanished, it's coming! Tolkien's ca. 1926 prose translation of the great Old English epic, together with his detailed commentary. (No, the unfinished poetic translation isn't included) Also, JRRT's unpublished story Sellic Spell, an attempt to envision the Beowulf legend as an A-S folktale without the historical and mythological freight. http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/....WYKb6id8.gbpl __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.