The wanderer: elegies, epics, riddles

by Wanderer; Alexander, Michael.

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BookPublisher: Penguin Classics 2013ISBN: 9780141393742; 0141393742; 9780141393759; 0141393750.Classification number: 829.1008 WANSubject(s): English poetry -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Translations into English

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Subject: 'The Wanderer' tells the classic tales that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. It brings together five of the key works behind his fiction. They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - Adult Paperback	Reserve Collection	Adult Non-Fiction	829.1008 WAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002843479X

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Translated from the Old English

Contents: The Battle of Maldon -- The wanderer -- The seafarer -- The Exeter riddles

'The Wanderer' tells the classic tales that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. It brings together five of the key works behind his fiction. They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved.

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