Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary [Paperback]

A beautifully designed hardcover box set containing four classic myths and legends composed or translated by J.R.R. Tolkien—Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún,The Fall of Arthur, andBeowulf.

The fifth set in a series of affordable hardcover box sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dust jackets. Set 5 containsSir Gawain and the Green Knight,The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún,The Fall of Arthur, andBeowulf: A Translation and Commentary.

Sir Gawain and the Green KnightandPearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400.Sir Gawainis a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour;Pearlis apparently an elegy on the death of a child but, like Gawain, it is also a sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters.Sir Orfeois a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien's. The three translations are here uniquely accompanied with the complete text of Tolkien's acclaimed 1953 W.P. Ker Memorial Lecture that he delivered on Sir Gawain.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrúntells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, during a time of gods, betrayal and fierce battles; the revenge of his wife, Gudrún; and the Fall of the Nibelungs. Told in verse composed by J.R.R. Tolkien derived from the ancient poetry of the Poetic Edda and the prose Völsunga Saga, this masterful fusion of myth and poetry is accompanied by notes and commentary by Christopher Tolkien.

The Fall of Arthurtells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. It is the only venture byl3&