Beowulf's Afterlives

Contained in: Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell, by J. R. R. Tolkien, ed. Christopher Tolkien
Location Details: Page i
City: Boston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date: 2014

Relationships: Collocates with -> The Lay of Beowulf, Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014 (created 1930s))

Collocates with -> [Hringboga Heorte Gefysed], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)

Collocates with -> Beowulf, Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014 (completed 1926))

Collocates with -> [Wudu Wyrtum Fæst], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)

Collocates with -> Sellic Spell, Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014 (created early 1940s))

Collocates with -> [Monster Mere], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)

(Upstream) Revises and recontextualizes -> [Dragon fighting a warrior], Tolkien, J. R. R. (1928 (publicly shown 1938))

Identifying Numbers: ISBN: 9780544442788

Descriptive Notes: A reproduction of the painting made in May 1928 of a serpentine dragon, with four claws and no wings, breathing fire toward a warrior who bears a spear and shield, reproduced without color on the half-title page (i) of Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell, by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. A note at the end of C. Tolkien's preface (xiv) explains the origin of this and the other images used for this book, whose contents are described more fully in the record for J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell.

Authentication: BAM (1st U.S. ed.).

[Dragon fighting a warrior]