On Translating Beowulf
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On Translating Beowulf
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"On Translating Beowulf" is an essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the difficulties faced by anyone attempting to translate the Old English heroic-elegiac poem Beowulf into modern English. It was first published in 1940 as a preface contributed by Tolkien to a translation of Old English poetry; it was first published as an essay under its current name in the 1983 collection The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essays. In the essay, Tolkien explains the difficulty of translating individu
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Essay on Old English poetry and metre by J. R. R. Tolkien
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Translating_Beowulf
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2006-03-13T23:57:26Z
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2024-08-31T10:40:16Z
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