Here's Joan Acocella's thoughtful review of Tolkien's "Beowulf" translation in T...

Here's Joan Acocella's thoughtful review of Tolkien's "Beowulf" translation in THE NEW YORKER.


Joan Acocella: Tolkien’s “Beowulf”
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J. R. R. Tolkien finished his translation of “Beowulf” in 1926, at the age of thirty-four. Then he put it in a drawer and never published it. Forty years after his death, his son Christopher has brought it out. It is a thrill.