One does not casually read “Beowulf.” It takes commitment. It also takes a good translation, and few were better at that than Oxford don J.R.R. Tolkien, better known now as the author of “The Lord of ...

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JRR Tolkien's version of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem 'Beowulf' is set to be released to the Tolkien-craving masses. Tolkien's son Christopher says the book focuses on the backstory of 'Beowulf,' which ...

JRR Tolkien's translation of the 11th-century poem Beowulf will finally be published this spring, 90 years after the author wrote it. The author's son, Christopher Tolkien edited the translation of ...

One of the oldest, longest and most influential works in the history of Old English will soon be experienced through the eyes of one of the world’s most beloved fantasy authors. J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...

Everyone knows J.R.R. Tolkien as the author of The Lord of the Rings. It should probably come as no surprise that the man who wrote eloquent prophecies and invented an entire elvish language and ...

In 1926, J.R.R. Tolkien, one of fiction’s finest crafters of fantasy worlds, translated the 11th-century epic “Beowulf.” Nearly 90 years later, his son Christopher Tolkien is releasing an edited ...

JRR Tolkien's translation of the 11th-century poem Beowulf is to finally be published. The Lord of the Rings author's version of the epic fantasy story will be released for the first time since it was ...

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A translation of the Old English poem Beowulf by author JRR Tolkien is to be published for the first time, nearly nine decades after it was completed. The Lord Of The Rings author's estate has signed ...