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Tolkien

Tolkien’s Sigurd and Gudrun Coming in May

February 19, 2009 Norse Mythology
Tolkien

Last January HarperCollins announced that they are going to publish in hardback a rare volume of epic poetry by J. R. R. Tolkien in May. The previously unpublished work entitled “The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun” was written by “Lord of the Rings” author while professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University during the 1920s and [...]

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Songs for the Philologists by J. R. R. Tolkien

October 20, 2008 Old Norse
Ring

Songs for the Philologists is reputed to be one of the rarest items in the list of books authored or co-authored by J. R. R. Tolkien. The events preceding its publication are worth noting: while a professor at Leeds, Tolkien and E. V. Gordon founded a Viking Club, where undergraduates and tutors drank beer and [...]

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