Beowulf and the Critics
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Beowulf and the Critics by J. R. R. Tolkien is a book edited by Michael D. C. Drout
that presents scholary editions of the two manuscript versions of Tolkien's essays or lecture series "Beowulf
and the Critics", which served as the basis for the much shorter 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
".
Beowulf and the Critics was awarded the 2003 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies.
Michael D. C. Drout
Michael D. C. Drout is the Prentice Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English at Wheaton College and an author and editor specializing in Anglo-Saxon and medieval literature, science fiction and fantasy, especially the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula K. Le Guin.Drout holds a...
that presents scholary editions of the two manuscript versions of Tolkien's essays or lecture series "Beowulf
Beowulf
Beowulf , but modern scholars agree in naming it after the hero whose life is its subject." of an Old English heroic epic poem consisting of 3182 alliterative long lines, set in Scandinavia, commonly cited as one of the most important works of Anglo-Saxon literature.It survives in a single...
and the Critics", which served as the basis for the much shorter 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
Beowulf: the monsters and the critics
"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" was a 1936 lecture given by J. R. R. Tolkien on literary criticism on the Old English heroic epic poem Beowulf...
".
Beowulf and the Critics was awarded the 2003 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies.