Ebook {Epub PDF} The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelms Son by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son é uma obra de J. R. R. Tolkien que foi originalmente publicado em no volume 6 do jornal escolar Essays and Studies by Members of the English Association. É uma obra de ficção histórica, inspirado no poema em Inglês Antigo A Batalha de www.doorway.ruá escrito na forma de um poema aliterativo, mas é também uma peça, sendo . J.R.R. Tolkien’s “ Homecoming ” and Modern Alliterative Metre Anna Smol and Rebecca Foster. J.R.R. Tolkien’s verse drama “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son” is an alliterative tour de force. Based on events recounted in the Old English poem. The Battle of Maldon. and in early English historical chronicles. The Collection BOOKS BY TOLKIEN Other Works The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son [from Wikipedia]: ‘A work of historical fiction, inspired by the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon. It is written in the form of an alliterative poem, but is also a play, being mainly a dialogue between two characters in the aftermath of the.

J.R.R. Tolkien 60, followers John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, WWI veteran (a First Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army), philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. #NH - Essays and Studies 1st edition stated The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son J R R Tolkien - £ ,- A very clean book of a scarce academic work by J.R.R. Tolkien. Enquire about this book. One poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, a short, obscure work entitled "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" illustrates this point perfectly. Based on the fragmentary Old English poem The Battle of Maldon, it tells the brief tale of the events occurring after the famous defeat for which the Old English poem is named.

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son, first published in Essays and Studies by members of the English Association in , opens with an introduction about the historical background, which is followed by the text of the dramatic dialogue. “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son”: Tolkien as a Modern Anglo-Saxon. translator of Old English, Tolkien was uniquely capable of creating a poem like “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son.” His care to preserve the Old English style, as well as his significant departures from that style, is worthy of consideration. In August of the year , in the reign of Æthelred II, a battle was fought near Maldon in Essex. On the one side was the defence-force of Essex, on the other a viking host that had ravaged Ipswich. The English were commanded by Beorhtnoth son of Beorhthelm, the duke of Essex, a man renowned in his day: powerful, fearless, proud.