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*'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''. | *'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''. | ||
*'''Publication:''' | *'''Publication:''' Extracts from the letter have appeared in Kevin Crossley-Holland's [[Beowulf (Crossley-Holland translation)|1968 translation of ''Beowulf'']] and in Bruce Mitchell's book ''[[On Old English|On Old English: Selected Papers]]''. | ||
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"As JRR Tolkien wrote to me in a private letter, 'I think we fail to grasp imaginatively the pagan "heroic" temper, the almost animal pride and ferocity of "nobles" and champions on the one hand; or on the other the immense relief and hope of Christian ethical teaching amidst a world with savage values.' " | |||
==Extract== | ==Extract== | ||
Revision as of 22:58, 26 October 2014
At an unknown date, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Bruce Mitchell.[1]
- Subject: Discussion of Beowulf.
- Publication: Extracts from the letter have appeared in Kevin Crossley-Holland's 1968 translation of Beowulf and in Bruce Mitchell's book On Old English: Selected Papers.
Extract
"As JRR Tolkien wrote to me in a private letter, 'I think we fail to grasp imaginatively the pagan "heroic" temper, the almost animal pride and ferocity of "nobles" and champions on the one hand; or on the other the immense relief and hope of Christian ethical teaching amidst a world with savage values.' "
Extract
'I think we fail to grasp imaginatively the pagan "heroic" temper, the almost animal pride and ferocity of "nobles" and champions on the one hand; or on the other the immense relief and hope of Christian ethical teaching amidst a world with savage values.'
References
- ↑ "On Old English. 1988", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 21 January 2012)
