{"product_id":"battle-of-maldon-tolkien-hardcover","title":"Battle of Maldon (Tolkien - hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: J. R. R. Tolkien\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Peter Grybauskas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780063338180\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Science Fiction\/Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubtitle\u003c\/strong\u003e: Together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeading Tolkien scholar, Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien’s own prose translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Maldon\u003c\/em\u003e together with the definitive treatment of \u003cem\u003eThe Homecoming of Beorhtnoth\u003c\/em\u003e and its accompanying essays; also included and never before published is Tolkien’s bravura lecture, “The Tradition of Versification in Old English,” a wide-ranging essay on the nature of poetic tradition. Illuminated with insightful notes and commentary, he has produced a definitive critical edition of these works, and argues compellingly that, \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e excepted, \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Maldon\u003c\/em\u003e may well have been “the Old English poem that most influenced Tolkien’s fiction,” most dramatically within the pages of \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SF\/Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47307918672096,"sku":"Books:9780063338180n","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/maldon.jpg?v=1745963727","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/battle-of-maldon-tolkien-hardcover","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}