Finn and Hengest

Finn and Hengest is a study of the English professor JRR Tolkien, which was published posthumously in 1982. Alan Bliss, the editor, put the work together on the basis of lecture notes and other material JRR Tolkien.

Background of the fragments

As the owner of the Rawlinson and Bosworth Chair of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, Tolkien held 1928-1937 six different lectures that dealt with the subject of Finn and Hengest. These were: The fight at the Finn Castle and the Finn Episode (1928 ), Finn and Hengest: the Problem of the episode in Beowulf (1930 ), Finn and Hengest: the Fragment and the Episode (1931 ) The fight at Finn Castle (1934 ) and Finn and Hengest (1935, 1937). For 1939, a further series of lectures was announced that had to be canceled, however, due to the outbreak of the Second World War. 1963, however, when Tolkien briefly his successor CL Wrenn represented at the university, he took the opportunity and gave the lectures announced for 1939.

Finn and Hengest

References to the legend of Finn and Hengest can be found in several works:

Finn (Frisian) Hengist and Horsa Charles Leslie Wrenn Finnesburg Fragment Songs for the Philologists The Hobbit The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun Farmer Giles of Ham The Lord of the Rings The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Tree and Leaf The Tolkien Reader The Road Goes Ever On The Silmarillion Unfinished Tales Bilbo's Last Song Roverandom Sir Orfeo Jerusalem Bible

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