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J. R. R. Tolkien, writer of Lord of the Jewelry and The Hobbit, in his famous 1936 lecture, "Beowulf, the Monsters and the Critics", said, "Beowulf is among my most appreciated sources. It really is a work of genius, uncommon and amazing in the period, and it is worth studying. In Beowulf we've an historical tale about the pagan history. Beowulf is no actual picture of historic Denmark or Geatland or Sweden about 500 A.D. Nonetheless it is, on a general view, a self-consistent picture, a engineering bearing clearly the marks of design and thought. Beowulf is, indeed, the most successful old english heroic elegy." The origins, record and authorship of Beowulf are shrouded in uncertainty. This heroic epic probably initiated, because so many do, with a wandering troubadour strumming a stringed instrument, relaxing before a hearth-fire, and performing the verses to a spellbound audience arrayed before him. At some point, what of the troubadour were inscribed in manuscript form, in order to preserve the storyplot for posterity. The happenings depicted in this tale take place through the late fifth to early sixth hundred years. However, there is fantastic dispute among scholars as to when the manuscript itself was actually transcribed. Tolkien thought it was discussed the eighth hundred years, while other serious experts assert it was written as late as the first 11th hundred years. Beowulf is a rousing trip story, filled up with intrepid heroes, monsters and fire-breathing dragons, that can be listened to for the sheer fun of the tale.
