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*'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''. | *'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''. | ||
*'''Publication:''' Quotes from the letter have appeared in ''[[On Old English|On Old English: Selected Papers]]''. | *'''Publication:''' Quotes from the letter have appeared in ''[[On Old English|On Old English: Selected Papers]]''. | ||
==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.' | |||
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[[Category:Letters|Mitchell, Bruce]] | [[Category:Letters|Mitchell, Bruce]] | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 26 October 2014
At an unknown date, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Bruce Mitchell.[1]
- Subject: Discussion of Beowulf.
- Publication: Quotes from the letter have appeared in On Old English: Selected Papers.
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)
