This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book.įrom his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. ![]() ![]() We recommend that you download a sample and check the ‘Note to the Reader’ page before purchase. Some special characters may not display correctly on older devices. Tolkien was an early work completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.
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