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"Beowulf" to staroangielski poemat pochodzacy z okolo VIII wieku, a spisany prawdopodobnie na poczatku XI w. J.R.R. Tolkien dokonal jego przekladu w 1926 roku, wielokrotnie go poprawial, choc nigdy nie bral pod uwage publikacji. Dokonal tego dopiero jego trzeci syn Christopher Tolkien, wyznaczony przez ojca na opiekuna jego spuscizny literackiej.

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The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.

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The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.

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