Tolkien's Beowulf to be published!

[Morthoron]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

I picked it up yesterday but so far have only read Christopher Tolkien's preface. I'm quite excited about it, though. It's a thicker volume than I was expecting, which is of course very nice. My only disappointment is the already mentioned fact that the unfinished verse translation is not included - why, I wonder, was it not?

I am thinking CT considered the verse version so incomplete as to be unworthy of his father's legacy, and would leave him open to unjustified criticism that the son was "cashing in" on his father, and simply throwing out anything for publication.

In any case, I am looking forward to getting my copy any day now, Amazon willing.