• Publication: The Monsters and the Critics and Other EssaysPublication Record # 262061
• Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
• Date: 1983-00-00
• ISBN: 0-04-809019-0 [978-0-04-809019-5]
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin
• Pages: 240
• Format:
  tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
• Type: NONFICTION
• Notes:

  • Data from WorldCat. Page numbers based on later (2006) edition, plus fact that OCLC gives same total number of pages.
  • Dates of individual essays are given in the foreword. Many of these were originally delivered as lectures or addresses, and in such cases the date is that of the initial delivery.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 9945117
  • Reginald-3: 35702

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 1 • Foreword (The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays) • essay by Christopher Tolkien
• 5 • Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics • (1937) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 49 • On Translating Beowulf • (1940) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 72 • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight • (1953) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 109 • On Fairy-Stories • (1939) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 162 • English and Welsh • (1955) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 198 • A Secret Vice • (1931) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 224 • Valedictory Address • (1959) • essay by J. R. R. Tolkien