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Beowulf and the Critics is a longer work (possibly a series of lectures) that Tolkien composed in the mid 1930s. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics was a redaction of this.  
[[Image:Beowulf and the Critics.gif|thumb|The cover of ''Beowulf and the Critics'']]
 
'''Beowulf and the Critics''' was written in the 1930s and was probably delivered as a series of lectures to undergraduates.  [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]’s highly influential lecture, [[Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics]], was a redaction of this.
 
This edition of Tolkien’s lecture series includes both versions of the text together with detailed explanatory notes.
 
* Ed. Michael Drout
* 1st Edition 2002
* Arizona Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
* ISBN 0866982906
* Hardback in dustwrapper


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The cover of Beowulf and the Critics

Beowulf and the Critics was written in the 1930s and was probably delivered as a series of lectures to undergraduates. Tolkien’s highly influential lecture, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, was a redaction of this.

This edition of Tolkien’s lecture series includes both versions of the text together with detailed explanatory notes.

  • Ed. Michael Drout
  • 1st Edition 2002
  • Arizona Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • ISBN 0866982906
  • Hardback in dustwrapper