700–800 AD
The eighth century AD preserves major works of Anglo-Saxon epic poetry and classical Chinese literary scholarship. This section highlights Beowulf, translations connected to Tolkien scholarship, Tu Fu's poetry, and literary studies of Chinese writers from the T'ang period.
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Beowulf and the Finnesburg Fragment
A translation into modern English prose by John R. Clark Hall. New edition, completely revised, with notes and an introduction by C. L. Wrenn. With prefatory remarks by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Tu Fu, China’s Greatest Poet
The text includes selections from Tu Fu's poems translated by the author into English free verse. A supplementary volume of notes was also published (Harvard University Press, 1952; “A publication of the Harvard-Yenching Institute”); the library lacks it.
Beowulf, the Oldest English Epic
Translated into alliterative verse with a critical introduction by Charles W. Kennedy. “A selected bibliography”: p. [103]–111.
A Well of Fragrant Waters: A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Hung Tu
By Genevieve Wimsatt. Also shelved at PL2997.H73W5.