Here's an overview of the newly-published translation of "Beowulf" by none other than J. R. R. Tolkien, the man who convinced the world that "Beowulf" should be read as serious literature, not just as a linguistic artifact. With all the thick volumes of Tolkien's unfinished work that have been published, one wonders why it has taken so long for such a major document as this one to find its way into print?
New Statesman | J R R Tolkien's Beowulf: one man's passion for the threshold between myth and...www.newstatesman.comProperty field_subheadline
Published on June 03, 2014 07:04