Dale Nelson Wrote:
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> Can you get Tolkien's Legendarium from your
> library ? (Or maybe, unlike me, you've got a
> copy!) This collection of essays edited by V.
> Flieger has some interesting, encouraging (to read
> JRRT) essays in Part 1. The History.
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elvish.org]
Ah, I am sure, but I really don't think I have time for that one too.
I have lately found several recordings on Youtube of J. R. R. Tolkien reading from his different works. These were originally on LPs released in the 1970s. Quite delightful. Accompanied by some appropriate music too.
> For what it's worth, Knygatin, I think Arthur
> Machen deplored Burton's translation of the
> Nights. A more recent version would be my choice,
> but I guess Burton's was it for the whole Nights
> for several generations of English readers. I'll
> have to see if I can track down that remark that I
> think I remember.
>
Yes, I have heard complaints that Burton translated it clumsily, word for word, but I have no problem with these texts. The thing with Burton's translation, is that it is thorough and completely uncensored. That counts for me.