One of the oldest, longest and most influential works in the history of Old English will soon be experienced through the eyes of one of the world’s most beloved fantasy authors. J.R.R. Tolkien’s ...
The long Hwaet! is over for scholars and Tolkien fans as the Lord of the Rings author’s translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem is published after 88 years. The latest episode in Peter Jackson’s ...
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Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There's more to J.R.R. Tolkien than wizards and hobbits. The author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit was also an Oxford ...
Hwæt! Welcome spear-Danes, clan-Kings and other fans of near-impenetrable Anglo-Saxon adventure. To celebrate the release of JRR Tolkien's new translation of the epic poem Beowulf, we're giving away ...
“From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf” went the quip encapsulating the university canon of English Literature in the latter half of the 20th century. But it is easy to forget now that Beowulf – an epic of ...
Everyone knows J.R.R. Tolkien as the author of The Lord of the Rings. It should probably come as no surprise that the man who wrote eloquent prophecies and invented an entire elvish language and ...