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PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100544115899
ISBN-139780544115897
eBay Product ID (ePID)167771677
Product Key Features
Book TitleFall of Arthur
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary, Historical, Fantasy / Epic
GenreFiction
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-557496
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal821/.912
SynopsisThe Fall of Arthur , the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from Camelot, of the great sea battle on Arthur's return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that Tolkien abandoned. He evidently began it in the 1930s, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him, "You simply must finish it " But in vain: he abandoned it at some unknown date, though there is evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of publication of The Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings . Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that he "hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur ," but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and significant tantalizing notes. In these notes can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion , and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written., The Fall of Arthur , the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from Camelot, of the great sea battle on Arthur's return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that Tolkien abandoned. He evidently began it in the 1930s, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him, You simply must finish it But in vain: he abandoned it at some unknown date, though there is evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of publication of The Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings . Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that he hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur , but that day never came. Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and significant tantalizing notes. In these notes can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion , and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written., The Fall of Arthur , the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from Camelot, of the great sea battle on Arthur's return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle.Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that Tolkien abandoned. He evidently began it in the 1930s, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him, "You simply must finish it!" But in vain: he abandoned it at some unknown date, though there is evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of publication of The Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings . Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that he "hoped to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur ," but that day never came.Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and significant tantalizing notes. In these notes can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion , and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written., The Fall of Arthur , the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative meter, but it depicts drama and adventure in language only Tolkien could have written. Edited by his son Christopher Tolkien, who also provides detailed commentary and notes.
LC Classification NumberPR6039.O32F35 2013
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- 31. Jan. 2022
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The package arrived in a fine condition, the book has some wear and tear but that was to be expected and was more than acceptable. As a fan of Tolkien’s work the book offers some interesting insight into his creative process and with the notes from His son the book is a very interesting read. It’s is very professionally and academically produced. A good item for fans of everything Tolkien.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 17. Nov. 2020
An excellent example of Tolkien’s scholarly skills as a linguist and philologist this time in alliterative verse but sadly another of his unfinished
More of the creative genius of J.R.R. TolkienBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 09. Dez. 2020
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