Beowulf - By J R R Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien (paperback)

This book is a must-read for any fan of Beowulf or Tolkien! It includes an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, drawn from a series of lectures he gave at Oxford in the 1930s.

The commentary provides a sense of immediacy and clarity of vision, as if Tolkien entered into the imagined past.

The book also includes much from those lectures in which Tolkien expressed his wider perceptions, looking closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf and more! This edition includes an illuminating written commentary on the poem by the translator himself, drawn from a series of lectures he gave at Oxford in the 1930s.

Don't miss out on this essential read for students of the Old English poem and the ideal gift for devotees of the One Ring!