Written by a medieval poet whose name is unknown, and comparable with the works of Chaucer, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age-the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet is is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R Tolkien that the language of these great stories comes to life for modern readers in t…