The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
1984 First U.S. Edition
Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston
ISBN: 0395356350
Hardcover in dust-jacket
viii, 248 pp.
Not illustrated
Hammond Page Ref.: pp. 244-245
Notes
Typeset as for the Allen & Unwin 1983 First Edition.
This collection includes seven essays by J.R.R. Tolkien:
1) Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics
2) On Translating Beowulf
3) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
4) On Fairy Stories
5) English and Welsh
6) A Secret Vice
7) Valedictory Address
1st Printing: April 15, 1984 – 4,000 copies
Not reprinted.
Jacket price: $15.95.
