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''' | At an unknown date, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[wikipedia:Bruce Mitchell (scholar)|Bruce Mitchell]]'''.<ref name=TB>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=66060|articlename=On Old English. 1988|dated=|website=TB|accessed=21 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
*'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf]]''. | *'''Subject:''' Discussion of ''[[Beowulf (poem)|Beowulf]]''. | ||
*'''Publication:''' | *'''Publication:''' A short extract from the letter first appeared in Kevin Crossley-Holland's [[Beowulf (Crossley-Holland translation)|1968 translation of ''Beowulf'']]. Longer extracts were published in Bruce Mitchell's book ''[[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.' | |||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Letters]] | [[Category:Letters|Mitchell, Bruce]] | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 3 November 2014
At an unknown date, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Bruce Mitchell.[1]
- Subject: Discussion of Beowulf.
- Publication: A short extract from the letter first appeared in Kevin Crossley-Holland's 1968 translation of Beowulf. Longer extracts were published in Bruce Mitchell's book 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)
