Finn And Hengest

Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000861637X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finn and Hengest written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolkien’s famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe.

Author : J. R. R. Tolkien
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780261103559
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finn and Hengest written by J. R. R. Tolkien and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Professor J.R.R.Tolkien is most widely known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he was also a distinguished scholar in the field of Mediaeval English language and literature. His most significant contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies is to be found in his lectures on Finn and Hengest (pronounced Hen-jist), two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. The story is told in two Old English poems, Beowulf and The Fights at Finnesburg, but told so obscurely and allusively that its interpretation had been a matter of controversy for over 100 years. Bringing his unique combination of philological erudition and poetic imagination to the task, however, Tolkien revealed a classic tragedy of divided loyalties, of vengeance, blood and death. Tolkien's original and persuasive solution of the many problems raised by the story ranged widely through the early history and legend of the Germanic peoples. The story has the added attraction that it describes the events immediately preceding the first Germanic invasion of Britain which was led by Hengest himself. This book will be of interest not only to students of Old English and all those interested in the history of northern Europe and Anglo-Saxon England, but also admirers of The Lord of the Rings who will be fascinated to see how Tolkien handled a story which he did not invent.

Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Publisher : Boston : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finn and Hengest written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and published by Boston : Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1983 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolkien's lectures describe what he called the "Jutes-on-both-sides theory", which was his explanation for the puzzling occurrence of the word ēotenas in the episode in Beowulf.

Author : Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520015128
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Beowulf written by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1959 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the twenty years that have passed since the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous lecture, "Beowulf, the Monsters and the Critics," interest in Beowulf as a work of art has increased gratifyingly, and many fine papers have made distinguished contributions to our understanding of the poem as poetry and as heroic narrative. Much more, however, remains to be done. We have still no systematic and sensitive appraisal of the poem later than Walter Morris Hart's Ballad and Epic, no thorough examination of the poet's gifts and powers, of the effects for which he strove and the means he used to achieve them. More than enough remains to occupy a generation of scholars. It is my hope that this book may serve as a kind of prolegomenon to such study. It makes no claim to completeness or finality; it contributes only the convictions and impressions which have been borne in upon me in the course of forty years of study of the poem. - Preface.

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781843840299
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Critical Companion to Beowulf written by Andy Orchard and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete guide to the text and context of the most famous Old English poem. In this book, the specific roles of selcted individual characters, both major and minor, are assessed.

Author : Robert Allan Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Finn Episode in Beowulf written by Robert Allan Williams and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Viking Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland Through the Ages written by and published by Viking Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The past in Ireland lives on powerfully in the present. An amazing variety of physical remains, bearing the scars and trophies of Ireland's chequered history, tell of bygone personalities, endeavours and events. This beautifully illustrated narrative uses a multitude of these places as stepping stones through the ages to evoke the glory of Ireland's heritage." "From the awe-inspiring dolmens, passage-graves and stone circles of prehistory to the elegant streets and squares of Georgian Dublin and the industrial urbanism of Victorian Belfast, Michael Jenner takes the reader on a series of journeys through historic Ireland. Majestic castles express the constantly recurring themes of turmoil and armed settlement; while noble country houses of Classical and Gothic style reflect changes in taste as well as social and political fortunes. Gold ornaments of the Bronze Age, sculptured Celtic crosses, Cistercian monasteries, Palladian drawing-rooms and lonely thatched cabins in the countryside are but some of the many tangible remains that offer fascinating clues to the lives of the ancient warriors, saints, statesmen, landed gentry and the ordinary folk of Ireland." "Through a wealth of buildings and artefacts which capture Irish history, Ireland Through the Ages presents an inspiring glimpse into the past and its people. Combining outstanding photographs with a richly informative text, this is a book to enrapture tourists and armchair travellers alike - and indeed anyone with a curiosity and enthusiasm for this historic land."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : R. W. Chambers
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn written by R. W. Chambers and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After nearly a hundred years, this book is still one of the most comprehensive studies of the epic poem "Beowulf." The author of this book, Wilson Chambers, gives a detailed explanation of the poem and provides a reader with an interesting backstory about the main characters.

Author : Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.V6/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Beowulf written by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385752962
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bilbo's Last Song written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilbo’s Last Song is considered by many to be Tolkien’s epilogue to his classic work The Lord of the Rings. As Bilbo Baggins takes his final voyage to the Undying Lands, he must say goodbye to Middle-earth. Poignant and lyrical, the song is both a longing to set forth on his ultimate journey and a tender farewell to friends left behind. Pauline Baynes’s jewel-like illustrations lushly depict both this final voyage and scenes from The Hobbit, as Bilbo remembers his first journey while he prepares for his last.