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Notes from the Editor Reviews Review: John Heath-Stubbs, Artorius Review: Jo Walton and the Blood of Kings Review: C.S. Lewis, The Nameless Isle Review: J.R.R. Tolkien's alliterative poems in The Lays of Beleriand Review: Tony Harrison: Plays, I: The Mysteries Review: Simon Armitage, translator, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Notes What happens when a literary tradition dies? Translating alliterative poetry Introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight To Jangle as a Jay, or: Oodles of Awful Alliteration Tapestries and Collages: some thoughts on poetry and the arts Tolkien and Alliterative Verse (reposting) A Field Guide to Alliterative Poetry Part I, Getting Oriented Part II, The Lay of the Land Part III, Building Poetry from Phrases Part IV, Linking Half-Lines Together Part V, Rules for Alliteration Part VI, Rhythm: Lifts and Dips Part VII, What Makes a Strong Stress? Part VIII, Syllable Weight and Resolution Part IX, Secondary Stress; Strong and Weak Dips Part X, Alliterative Meters: Historical and Modern Part XI, Being like Beowulf: the Sievers Types Part XII, The Meter of Beowulf: Variants of the Five Types Part XIII: The Meter of Beowulf: A Framework Part XIV: A Prosodic Primer Part XV: Mimicking Old English Alliterative Verse Part XVI: Alliterative Meter vs. Accentual Tetrameter Part XVII: Mimicking Middle English Alliterative Verse