Beowulf's Afterlives

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

Relationships: Collocates with -> [Dragon fighting a warrior], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)

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

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

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

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

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

(Upstream) Reproduces in new context -> Wudu Wyrtum Fæst, Tolkien, J. R. R. (1928 (published 1995))

Identifying Numbers: ISBN: 9780544442788

Descriptive Notes: A reproduction of a drawing made with black ink in July 1928 of the monster mere in Beowulf, originally with handwritten caption "wudu wyrtū fæst," depicting a pool of black water into which a stream cascades from bluffs with blasted trees. Reproduced without caption on the back of the dust jacket 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.).

[Wudu Wyrtum Fæst]