Beowulf / a translation and commentary, together with Sellic spell by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Contributor Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, translator, author.

Edition Statement:First U.S. edition.

ImprintBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Descriptionxiv, 425 pages ; 22 cm

Note:Introduction to the translation -- Beowulf -- Notes on the text of the translation -- Introductory notes to the commentary -- Commentary -- Sellic Spell -- The lay of Beowulf.

Note: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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