{"id":87730,"date":"2014-03-20T12:27:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=87730"},"modified":"2014-03-20T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T19:58:50","slug":"the-official-word-on-publication-of-tolkiens-beowulf-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/03\/20\/87730-the-official-word-on-publication-of-tolkiens-beowulf-translation\/","title":{"rendered":"The official word on publication of Tolkien’s Beowulf translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beowulf\"<\/a>Following on from staffer Kili’s post<\/a>, here’s the official word from UK publisher Harper Collins <\/a>on the upcoming release of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf<\/em>.\u00a0 The Harper Collins article contains comment from Tolkien’s son, Christopher, on how he has gathered, along side his father’s translation of the Old English poem,\u00a0text from lectures given at Oxford by J R R Tolkien.\u00a0 These show his fascination for Beowulf, Grendel and, in particular, the lure and power of treasure – which of course we see reflected in The Hobbit<\/em>, in Thorin’s struggles against, as Richard Armitage has called it, ‘gold lust’.<\/p>\n

This new publication will also contain Sellic Spell<\/em>, \u00a0‘a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the \u201chistorical legends\u201d of the Northern kingdoms.’\u00a0 This further insight into Tolkien’s desire to create English native myth, unadulterated by Norse or Germanic legends, is an exciting prospect.\u00a0 Fans of Tolkien, of Anglo-Saxon, and of legendary battles, will be able to get their hands on this edition of Beowulf<\/em> from 22nd May.<\/p>\n

Read the full article from Harper Collins here<\/a>, and the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US Publisher) version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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