Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Book Overview

New York Times bestseller

"A thrill . . . Beowulf was Tolkien's lodestar. Everything he did led up to or away from it." --New Yorker

J.R.R. Tolkien completed his translation of Beowulf in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition includes an illuminating written commentary on the poem by the translator himself, drawn from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544570308
• ISBN13: 9780544570306
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"