The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
6 best books like The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (J.R.R. Tolkien): The Saga of the Volsungs, The Earliest English Poems, Anglo-Saxon Poetry, Heidi, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Annual 2013, The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0140447385 |
Based on Viking Age poems, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama. At its heart are the heroic deeds of Sigurd the dragon slayer who acquires magical knowledge from one of Odin's Valkyries. Yet it is also set in a very human world, incorporating strands from the oral...
| Author | Michael Alexander |
| ISBN | 0140445943 |
Anglo-Saxon poetry was produced between 700 and 1000 AD for an audience that delighted in technical accomplishment, and the durable works of Old English verse spring from the source of the English language.
Michael Alexander has translated the best of the Old English poetry into modern English...
| Author | S.A.J. Bradley |
| ISBN | 0460875078 |
Anglo–Saxon poetry is esteemed for its subtle artistry and for its wealth of insights into the artistic, social and spiritual preoccupations of the formative first centuries of English literature.
This anthology of prose translations covers most of the poetry surviving in the four major...
| Author | Lisa Church |
| ISBN | 1402736916 |
When Heidi’s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone’s surprise, the two grow to love each otherand Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri’s charming storyand spirited heroinehave...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Annual 2013
| Author | Paddy Kempshall |
| ISBN | 0007487347 |
Published in advance of the amazing new movie by Peter Jackson, this is the OFFICIAL Hobbit Annual, packed with stills, characters and information from the movie sensation.
Join Bilbo Baggins on his unexpected journey across the wilds of Middle-earth with Gandalf the Wizard and a company...
The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends
| Author | Humphrey Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0395276284 |
Overall, it’s worth reading if you are studying Lewis. He does talk about the other men (for example, there were also some interesting details about Warnie and John Wain that I hadn’t seen before). But it’s half an Inklings discussion, and half a biography of C. S. Lewis. The author admits this...
