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Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics

J. R. R. Tolkien

First published 1937
Type Essay

Lecture delivered to the British Academy on November 25, 1936. First published as a stand-alone work in a limited edition pamphlet in 1937. Also published in The Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 22 as the "Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture". Dated 1936, but published in 1937.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1937 Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics Humphrey Milford Amen House Nonfiction
1983 The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays George Allen & Unwin Nonfiction 5
June 1984 Cover The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays Houghton Mifflin Nonfiction 5
January 1997 The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays HarperCollins (UK) Nonfiction 5
2006 Cover The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays HarperCollins (UK) Nonfiction 5