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- Title
A Tale of Two Essays: The Inklings on the Alliterative Meter.
- Authors
Wise, Dennis Wilson
- Abstract
The article focuses on J. R. R. Tolkien's essay "On Translating Beowulf" and its metrical appendix, which he claims to be a "novel plan" demonstrating rhythms of Old English poetry using examples in Modern English. Topics discussed include Tolkien's claim of precedence despite C. S. Lewis having a similar metrical essay five years earlier, the backstory of Tolkien's essay's development over fifteen years, and the influence of Lewis's 1939 book "Rehabilitations" as a motivating factor.
- Subjects
TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; OLD English poetry; REHABILITATION; RHYTHM
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2023, Vol 70, Issue 4, p310
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjad066