Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

This edition of J.R.R.

Tolkien's translation of Beowulf 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.

Through his creative attention to detail in these lectures, Tolkien brings the imagined past to life, allowing readers to stand beside Beowulf and his men as they beach their ship on the coast of Denmark and listen to Beowulf's rising anger at Unferth's taunting.

This collection is both a beautiful and haunting work in its own right and an inspiration for Tolkien's own fiction, moving readers as long as they last.

Essential for students of the Old English poem—and the ideal gift for devotees of the One Ring.