The battle of Maldon : together with The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son, and 'The tradition of versification in Old English'

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 (Author). Grybauskas, Peter, (editor.). Sanderson, Bill, (illustrator.). Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 Homecoming of Beorhtnoth. (Added Author). Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 Tradition of versification in Old English. (Added Author). Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel) 1892-1973 Maldon (Anglo-Saxon poem). English. (Tolkien) (Added Author).

Summary: Leading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien’s own prose translation of The Battle of Maldon together with the definitive treatment of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien’s bravura lecture, ‘The Tradition of Versification in Old English’, a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, Beowulf excepted, The Battle of Maldon may well have been ‘the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien’s fiction’, most dramatically within the pages of The Lord of the Rings.

Record details

ISBN: 0008465827
ISBN: 9780008465827
Physical Description: xx, 188 pages, 1 unnumbered page of plate : illustrations ; 23 cm
regular print
Publisher: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:	First ever standalone edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war, and which features unpublished and never-before-seen texts and drafts.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).
Formatted Contents Note:	The homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's son -- The battle of Maldon -- The tradition of versification in Old English.