The Old English Exodus
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Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
Editor | Joan Turville-Petre |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Released | 28 January 1982 |
Format | Hardback in dustwrapper |
ISBN | 0198111770 |
The Old English Exodus collects J.R.R. Tolkien's text and translation of the Old English poem that is known as Exodus. They are accompanied by a commentary that has been produced by editing his notes for a series of informal lectures given in the 1930 and 1940s.
Although dated 1981, the book was actually published in January 1982. 3,000 copies were printed and it has not been reprinted.[1]
References
- ↑ "The Old English Exodus. 1981", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 26 March 2012)