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	The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Single Post - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
		Beorhtnoth has a duty to his people and to his king to defend them from the invading army, but his insistence on seeing the contest as essentially a sporting one (prompted, no doubt, by excessive self-confidence) causes him to fail in his duty.
		By contrast, Beorhtnoth's household, by refusing to abandon their leader and retreat, are shown in much the same light as Tennyson's Light Brigade: men condemned by another's incompetence to die, and yet prepared to do their duty nonetheless.
		Beorhtnoth sacrifices the lives of those most loyal to him for the sake of pride, whereas for the same reason, Beowulf sacrifices the security of his country.
	forum.barrowdowns.com /showpost.php?p=328360&postcount=2 (1956 words)

	TolkienWiki: The__Homecoming__of__Beorhtnoth
		In an illuminating essay accompanying the poem Tolkien wrote of the complex motives that inspired Beorhtnoth's conduct at Maldon.
		According to Carpenter's TolkienBiography The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth was in existence by 1945, but not published until 1953.
		Carpenter also reports, that The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth was transmitted as a radioplay in 1954 on the BBC Third Program, but Tolkien - irritated, that the alliterative metre of the verses were ignored - lateron recorded a version himself, in which he spoke both parts and improvised some sound effects.
	www.thetolkienwiki.org /wiki.cgi?action=browse&id=The__Homecoming__of__Beorhtnoth&oldid=The__Homecoming__of__Beorhtnoth__Beorhthelms__Son (255 words)

	Writers of Rohan: Tolkien Library - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Behornthelm's Son originally appears in Essays and Studies for 1953; and was intended to be a recitation.
		The poem is a very readable account of two of Beorhtnoth's servants as they search the battlefield of Maldon, (the battle occurred in August 991) for their lord's remains to bring him back to the monks he protected for proper rites and burial.
		The case of Beorhtnoth is still more pointed even as a story; but it is also drawn from real life by a contemporary author.
	www.writersofrohan.com /library/beorhtnoth.html (584 words)

	Funny.co.uk - Tree and Leaf: Including "Mythopoeia"
		But even if you already have the texts in your collection, know that 'Tree and Leaf' has sprouted new branches since its first publication in 1964, as is only fitting.
		First, in 1988, Tolkien's poetic dialogue 'Mythopoeia' was added; this new 2001 edition also includes 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth' - the only sequel to another author's work by JRRT that I know of (albeit one nameless, and dead for a milennium).
		'Beorhtnoth' now gives the end of the book a sombre tone, an elegy of times and heroes gone and on the way to be forgotten - written in a prime example of Old English verse.
	www.funny.co.uk /comedy/prod_0-0007105045-Tree-and-Leaf-Including-Mythopoeia-and-The-Homecoming-of-Beorhtnoth.html (358 words)

	English 203-507 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Beorhtnoth was slain and the English routed; but the duke's "household", his heorèwerod, containing the picked knights and officers of his bodyguard, some of them members of his own family, fought on, until they all fell dead beside their lord.
		The duke Beorhtnoth was a defender of the monks, and a patron of the church, especially of the abbey of Ely.
		From the old poem are derived the proud words of Offa at a council before the battle, and the name of the gallant young Aelfwine (scion of an ancient noble house in Mercia) whose courage was commended by Offa.
	www-english.tamu.edu /pers/grad/himes/death.html (884 words)

	Scientia Scholae, Spring 2005 - Tolkien and Chivalry
		But in his play "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" and its accompanying essay "Ofermod," Tolkien makes the nuancing particularly clear: in fact, like Twain, he makes an explicit critique of chivalry, and does so in part with reference to the nineteenth century, though with a British, rather than American, war in mind.
		Tída criticizes Totta's killing the robber as an illusion of heroism: it was unworthy of Beorhthelm's sword to use it to kill a wretched creature who could have been driven off with a swift kick (we may remember Gandalf lecturing Frodo on the role of pity).
		We are supposed to see a contrast between (on the one hand) the framing elements of Theoden leading the first charge of the Rohirrim and Eomer, his mind cleared, forming his shield wall, and, on the other hand, that which is framed, Eomer's fey, redeless, hasty, headlong charge.
	www.teamsmedieval.org /scientia_scholae/0505/tolkein.html (2040 words)

	Tolkien's Books - HobbitHoleWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		“The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son” is a translation (I think) of an old poem, about Beorhtnoth that fell in a battle being taken home by two of his servants.
		The Tolkien Reader, a collection of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Farmer Giles of Ham, “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth” and Tree and Leaf.
		Poems and Stories, a collection consisting of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, “The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth”, Farmer Giles of Ham, “Leaf by Niggle”, “On Fairy-stories” and Smith of Wootton Major.
	www.ourhobbithole.com /index.php?title=Tolkien's_Books (901 words)

	Mythlore: "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son": Tolkien as a modern Anglo-Saxon - J.R.R. Tolkien - Critical ...
		Purely as a work of literature, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son" is a fine piece of poetry; it tells its brief tale (concerning two men who have come in the dusk to look for Beorhtnoth's body) with care and style.
		This paper explores the unique nature of Tolkien's poem "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son." In doing so it demonstrates that it is indeed a singular form of literature, the modern Old English poem, following the style of the Anglo-Saxon poets while at the same time making significant modern adjustments in both language and style.
		As both a reader and a translator of Old English, Tolkien was uniquely capable of creating a poem like "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son." His care to preserve the Old English style, as well as his significant departures from that style, is worthy of consideration.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0OON/is_4_23/ai_99848430 (1490 words)

	Internet Book List :: Book Information: Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, the
		The English Commander was Beorhtnoth, Duke of Essex, an old man of giant stature; powerful, fearless and proud.
		He held the advantage of the ground, but out of pride and a misplaced sense of chivalry fell back to allow his opponents a fair fight.
		In the ensuing battle Beorhtnoth was killed and the English routed.
	www.iblist.com /book25254.htm (175 words)

	Tolkien's Middle-earth: Lesson Plans, Unit Eight - Handouts
		The extensive fragment of Old English poetry called The Battle of Maldon valorized the chivalry that the English warrior-leader Beorhtnoth showed in allowing his Viking foes to leave their island camp and cross the River Pante on a tidal causeway, so that neither side would have a geographical disadvantage.
		Beorhtnoth's gesture proved disastrous — he was slain along with his closest followers, and the Northmen ravaged the country — but that didn't keep the poet from romanticizing what happened at Maldon.
		Indeed, he was so troubled by The Battle of Maldon, he wrote a one-act play, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, critiquing the warrior's faux heroism.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /features/lordoftheringstrilogy/lessons/eight/handouts.shtml (369 words)

	Cofradia de Guerreros
		Los ingleses estaban dirigidos por Beorhtnoth, hijo de Beorhthelm, el duque de Essex, un hombre célebre en su tiempo: poderoso, orgulloso, audaz.
		Beorhtnoth fue muerto y los ingleses se retiraron; pero los hombres de la Casa del Duque, su heorthwerod, que incluía a los caballeros escogidos y oficiales de su guardia personal, algunos de ellos miembros de su propia família, siguieron luchando hasta que todos cayeron junto a su señor.
		Beorhtnoth se equivocó y murió por su locura.
	usuarios.lycos.es /cofradia_guerreros/beorhtnoth.html (5850 words)

	Geek Like Me (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We read through the text by the light of a flashlight, covering and uncovering it to simulate the cloaking of a lantern, and making the occasional silly rocking motion and sound effects to indicate that the characters were riding in a horse-drawn cart.
		The play itself has quite a sense of strangeness about it: it is part ghost story, part gruesome and comic meditation on the nature of death (like Hamlet's chat with the undertaker and the discovery of Yorick's skull), and possibly even a Christian resurrection story.
		Torhthelm seems to be in two worlds: Beorhtnoth is being taken to a Christian burial, but for good measure, he chants a eulogy along the way.
	thepottshouse.org /blosxom.cgi/2003/02/index.prp (2875 words)

	SHINY HAPPY GULAG: Schiavo and Ofermod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the year 991, Beorhtnoth, earl of Essex, fought a desperate battle against Viking invaders near Maldon.
		You are the Viking on the causeway, and I, being less sporting and more responsible than Beorhtnoth of Essex, am not prepared to give you one single inch of ground.
		When Beorhtnoth made his fatal error, his loyal retainers were left with no alternative but to fight to the death, saving their personal honour, and trying to slow the enemy's onslaught as much as they could.
	www.bondwine.com /gulag/archives/000226.html (2239 words)

	Beorhtnoth
		El caso de Beorhtnoth es aún más enfático, incluso como historia; pero también ha sido extraído de la vida real por un autor contemporáneo.
		Aquí vemos a Beorhtnoth comportarse como el joven Beowulf: llevando a cabo una lucha “deportiva” en términos nivelados; aunque a expensas de otras personas.
		Las canciones de alabanza en el funeral de Beorhtnoth bien pueden aplicarse a él, como el lamento de los doce príncipes por Beowulf; pero ambos podrían también terminar con la nota ominosa que golpea en la última palabra del poema mayor: lofgeornost, “el más deseoso de gloria”.
	www.lsi.uvigo.es /lsi/mrpepa/ProgInternet/Webs%20alumnos/Moria/Literatura/Beorhtnoth/BeorhtnothII.html (2300 words)

	The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
		To my mind, you provide an admirable explication of Tolkien's argument in the third section, "Overmod" to The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, where Tolkien contrasts the selfishness of chivalric sport with true heroism.
		By instinct he understood his own age, which has been too deeply scarred by misplaced heroism and chivalry and by the twisting of meaning and motive to write in the style of Beowulf or the Maldon fragment.
		He does not do what Beorhtnoth does because Beorhtnoth could have achieved a decisive victory by force of arms through fighting like a sensible general.
	ww.barrowdowns.com /showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=10748 (6921 words)

	TOLKIEN: Archetype and Word
		The possible ill consequences of such chivalry are also evident in Beorhtnoth, "hero" of the Battle of Maldon.
		The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son, in The Tolkien Reader, p.
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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In spite of such protest (or perhaps because of it) this work and the creative imagination behind it deserve thoughtful consideration for their impact on the century that produced both.
		The course will study Tolkien's major works, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, as well as some minor works--the alliterative verse drama The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, and Tolkien's major scholarly criticism--his Andrew Lang lecture "On Fairy-Stories," and his landmark essay on "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics.
		Reading both fiction and scholarship in the context in which Tolkien wrote--the period between the two major wars--will throw light on mind-sets and confusions that marked the twentieth century.
	www.honors.umd.edu /COURSES/0208/208E0208.html (223 words)

	J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son published with the essay Ofermod
		The Tolkien Reader (The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son, On Fairy Stories, Leaf by Niggle, Farmer Giles of Ham' and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil)
		Early drafts of The Lord of the Rings (originally titled "The Magic Ring") were sold to Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1956 for 1,500 pounds sterling (about US$4,700).
	lotr.wikicities.com /wiki/Tolkien (267 words)

	SFBookcase.com - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien - Reference of Science Fiction and ...
		SFBookcase.com - The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien - Reference of Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels/Authors.
		The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son by J.R.R. Tolkien
		This is a short play (never performed), forming part of a commentary on the fragmental Old English poem "The Battle of Maldon".
	www.sfbookcase.com /viewbook.asp?bookno=3408 (358 words)

	Other Books by Tolkien
		Ballantine's omnibus collection of three of Tolkien's short stories, a collection of poetry, and his essay on fantasy.
		The stories include "Farmer Giles of Ham," "Leaf By Niggle" (the second item in the pair collected under the heading Tree and Leaf which includes the essay, "On Fairy Stories"), and "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son," a short, medieval style play based on the Battle of Malden.
		"Beorhtnoth" can also be found in the new edition of Tree and Leaf.
	users.telerama.com /~taliesen/tolkien/other.html (1092 words)

	Leaf by Niggle - a symbolic story about a small painter
		The 1977 and 1979 reprints of the unwin book called Tolkien, Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Makor, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth was a bit smaller and much more appealing.
		In the Tales of the Perilous Realm from 1997 Tree and Leaf was publsihed together with Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Smith of Wootton Major.
		And in 2001 also 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth' - the only sequel to another author's work by JRRT that I know of.
	www.tolkienlibrary.com /reviews/leafbyniggle.htm (1363 words)

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	A chronological bibliography of the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
		Tree and Leaf; Smith of Wootton Major; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son, Poems and Stories and Tree and Leaf; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son.
		Contains reprints of Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major (with Pauline Baynes's illustrations), and "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son".
		Contains reprints of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son", Tree and Leaf, Farmer Giles of Ham, and Smith of Wootton Major.
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	Tree and leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This is a collection of some fine work by Tolkien, a mixture of of work on his ideas on fairy tales and how they develop (Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major) and his important translation of the Old English poem fragment, "The Homecoming Beorthnoth, Beorthelm's Son".
		Students of OE might want it just for and the fact that it complements the OE poem "Battle of Maldon" (where Beorhtnoth was the leader of the defending Anglo-Saxon forces, being slain in the process and...
		But ready to read on and find the ancient truth according to J.R.R., I bought the latest release from the late Tolkien, a collection of short...
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	Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Farmer Giles of Ham - a glorious romp in which, through the adventures of the eponymous hero and his subjugation of a giant and Chrysophylax the dragon, we are introduced to a galaxy of comic characters in a story-style that is reminiscent of "Old King Cole' and the pseudo-histories of England.
		The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son - in this essay/poem on The Battle of Malden (991 in which the English lost to the Vikings).
		Tolkien upset conventional criticism by arguing that far from being the only extant version in Old English of the 'heroic lay', it was in fact a deep criticism of the heroic spirit and the rash attitude it encouraged
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	Abebooks Search Results - Tolkien and Tree Leaf
		Decent, solid reading copy, secure binding and clean within and to covers, slightly out of shape, edge-rubs, no tears and age browning to page-edges.
		Tree and Leaf, Smith of Wootton Major and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
		tree and leaf, smith of wootton major, the homecoming of beorhtnoth, beorhthelm's sons
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	In English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pocket containing The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Farmer Giles of Ham, Tree and Leaf, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and Peter Beagle's article "Tolkien's Magic Ring".
		Paperback with on the green cover a tree designed by Tolkien.
		Contains also the poems "Mythopoeia" and "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth".
	www.tolkienshop.com /en-gb/dept_23.html (505 words)

	Tree and leaf ; Smith of Wootton Major ; The homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's son
		The last story, "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth" also reveals the authors general focus of interest - Anglo-Saxon languages, poetry, etc.
		Students of OE might want it just for and the fact that it complements the OE poem "Battle of Maldon" (where Beorhtnoth was the leader of the defending Anglo-Saxon forces, being slain in the process and leading to his "homecoming".
		But ready to read on and find the ancient truth according to J.R.R., I bought the latest release from the late Tolkien, a collection of short stories and poems by the master and dived in.
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