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geordie
Tol Eressea
Apr 12 2014, 6:13pm
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Beowulf (again)
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There's a link on the home page to an article by one Mabel Slattery about why Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is such a great thing. Here's a quote:
“So…” my detractors yell, (the placard waving getting more and more animated), “…if it is so great why hasn’t it been published before?” The answer is that until 2003 we simply did not have it. It was found in the dark recesses of the Bodleian Library, which is like the big storage space at the end of the first Indiana Jones film, but for books. The ten year wait has been the editing by Tolkien’s son.
Tolkien's translation wasn't 'found' - it wasn't lost. The Bodleaian Library hasn't stuff lying in dark recesses; Tolkien's Beowulf papers are catalogued and have shelf numbers. There really is no resemblance to an Indiana Jones movie.
I think this idea came about from newspaper reports about Prof. Michael Drout's involvement, some ten years back. I do wish folk would let it go!
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geordie
Tol Eressea
Apr 12 2014, 6:50pm
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- I wonder why this article has appeared on the front page after Dr. Drout cleared that up? ah, well..
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Magpie
Immortal
Apr 12 2014, 7:12pm
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posting here communicates to Message Board members
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commenting on the article will communicate to people reading the article on the Home Page.
finding and clicking on the name of the TORn staff member who posted the article for the Home Page will communicate to him.
just fyi in case you wanted a larger audience for your 'wish'.
I can tell you that neither Slattery nor Demosthenos will see your comment here. :-)
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geordie
Tol Eressea
Apr 12 2014, 7:22pm
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- the Home page article says, 'Comments closed'. I'll try messaging Demosthenos.
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
Valinor
Apr 12 2014, 8:11pm
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But I wanted to post it for the benefit of others (particularly since I can't comment in response to the home page article).
'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'
The Hall of Fire
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demnation
Rohan
Apr 13 2014, 12:15am
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I was too busy rolling my eyes at "Don't kill me Tolkien fans because I don't like LOTR!" I think most of us will get over it, surely. Anyway, especially annoying since Prof. Drout has tried to get the true word out about this.
"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule." Gandalf, "The Last Debate."
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geordie
Tol Eressea
Apr 13 2014, 2:36pm
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Wayne Hammond and Christina Scull had the opportunity to crow about 'discovering' Tolkien's Clarendon Chaucer. Up till their researches for their two-volume 'JRR Tolkien: A Companion and Guide', virtually no-one had heard of it before.
But of course they didn't 'discover' it; any more than Drout 'discovered' Tolkien's Beowulf translation. As Wayne & Christina know, and Drout discovered, a loose word can go a long way. 
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