[J.R.R. Tolkien] New Tolken Book Found - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 01-13-2003, 11:18 AM

A National Post (Canada) newspaper article provides some brief discussion of Beowulf and the Critics by Michael Drout.

Tolkien's translation of Beowulf has not been published in the book, but there is a brief excerpt from it, with the companion passage as translated by Seamus Heaney.

For those interested in the style and craft of language, Tolkien's effort to translate Old English into modern English but not a contemporary idiom is interesting.

Bethberry

EDIT: Trying again: Tolkien's Monster Resurfaces.

This one is working now I think. Sorry about that.

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

01-13-2003, 11:18 AM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	A National Post (Canada) newspaper article provides some brief discussion of Beowulf and the Critics by Michael Drout. Tolkien's translation of Beowulf has not been published in the book, but there is a brief excerpt from it, with the companion passage as translated by Seamus Heaney. For those interested in the style and craft of language, Tolkien's effort to translate Old English into modern English but not a contemporary idiom is interesting. Bethberry EDIT: Trying again: Tolkien's Monster Resurfaces. This one is working now I think. Sorry about that. [ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ] __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.