Beowulf & Finnesburg Fragment: A Translation Into Modern English Prose

by John Richard Clark Hall, C.L. Wrenn

* from USA. Will take 25-35 days

Genres: Classics, Fiction

194 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great little translation that was originally done by John Hall and based on Klaeber's edition of the text, designed to provide an aid to reading Klaeber's Beowulf. For this 1940 edition, the translation is fully revised by C.L. Wrenn and has added notes and a new introduction. The real gem in this book is the added essay, Prefatory Remarks, On Prose Translation of Beowulf by Tolkien. The inclusion of this essay makes this book essential reading for any Tolkien fan and anyone interested in how scholars like Wrenn and Tolkien handled Beowulf in the wake of Monsters and the Critics.

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started reading this when I was 11, finished when I was (almost) 27