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'''''The Owl and the Nightingale''''' is a [[Middle English]] poem. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] began a translation of the poem, which has never reached publication.<ref>{{CG|RG}}, p. 771</ref> In a [[John Leyerle | '''''The Owl and the Nightingale''''' is a [[Middle English]] poem. [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] began a translation of the poem, which has never reached publication.<ref>{{CG|RG}}, p. 771</ref> In a [[Letter to John Leyerle|letter from 1967]], Tolkien wrote: | ||
{{Blockquote|I have at present given up the task [of translating The Owl and the Nightingale]. It comes off well enough in certain passages, but in general octo-syllabic couplets are defeating for a translator; there is no room to move.}} | {{Blockquote|I have at present given up the task [of translating The Owl and the Nightingale]. It comes off well enough in certain passages, but in general octo-syllabic couplets are defeating for a translator; there is no room to move.}} | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 28 May 2014
The Owl and the Nightingale is a Middle English poem. J.R.R. Tolkien began a translation of the poem, which has never reached publication.[1] In a letter from 1967, Tolkien wrote:
I have at present given up the task [of translating The Owl and the Nightingale]. It comes off well enough in certain passages, but in general octo-syllabic couplets are defeating for a translator; there is no room to move.
In a letter written on 8 April 1932, C.S. Lewis suggests his brother Warren to read Tolkien's translation of The Owl and the Nightingale.[2] It seems therefore likely that Tolkien had completed a translation of the poem by this date.[3]
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- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: II. Reader's Guide, p. 771
- ↑ C.S. Lewis (2004), Collected Letters, vol. 2, p. 75
- ↑ Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond, "Addenda and Corrigenda to The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide (2006) Vol. 1: Chronology", Hammond&Scull.com (accessed 19 July 2012)
