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John J. Earle (1824 – 1903) was a British academic and clergyman, the rector of Swanswick and Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford. He translated ''Beowulf'' in 1892, a version that was described by J.R.R. Tolkien as "one of the most poorly translated works ever." Chauncey B. Tinker, in his ''The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography'', was more generous; he said :"As a whole, the translation may fairly be called faithful", but :"the simpler passages of the poem () are often strained to make them square with the translator's personal notions" and "()he archaic style used by Professor Earle cannot be regarded as highly felicitous, since it mixes the diction of various ages." He wrote a book, ''Anglo-Saxon'', in 1884. == References == * Earle, John. ''Anglo-Saxon''. (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1884). * Tinker, Chauncey Brewster. ''The translations of Beowulf; a critical bibliography.'' (New York: Holt, 1903). (Modern reprint with new introduction, Hamden: Archon Books, 1974), ISBN 0-208-01482-9. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. J. Earle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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