J. R. R. Tolkien completed his 2000-page handwritten translation of Beowulf in 1926 but never published it. On May 22nd, eighty-eight years later, Harper-Collins will release the new edition, which includes commentary taken from his father’s Beowulf lectures by editor Christopher Tolkien. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary is now available at amazon.com. Tolkien’s extensive academic […]