The Fall Of Arthur
Autor J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkienen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 mai 2014
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
Arthurwas
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
ofThe
Hobbitand
the
first
stirrings
ofThe
Lord
of
the
Rings.
Years
later,
in
a
letter
of
1955,
he
said
that
he
"hoped
to
finish
a
long
poem
onThe
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
withThe
Silmarillion,
and
the
bitter
ending
of
the
love
of
Lancelot
and
Guinevere,
which
was
never
written.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780544227835
ISBN-10: 0544227832
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 165 x 206 x 133 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0544227832
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 165 x 206 x 133 mm
Greutate: 0.19 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția William Morrow Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
Praise
for
THE
LEGEND
OF
SIGURD
AND
GUDRUN:
"Perhaps
more
than
any
other
single
work
of
Tolkien's,
this
one
provides
a
direct
experience
of
the
fierce
intellect
and
imagination
that
produced
‘the
author
of
the
century,’
as
British
scholar
T.A.
Shippey
called
him."—Washington
Post"[Readers]
will
be
treated
to
one
of
the
great
myths
of
the
world,
written
in
beautiful
language,
and
will
be
given
a
glimpse
through
a
crack
in
the
door
at
the
seed
of
what
would
flourish
into
Tolkien's
greatest
achievement."
—Bookreporter.com
Praise
for
THE
CHILDREN
OF
HURIN:
"A
bleak,
darkly
beautiful
tale
played
out
against
the
background
of
the
First
Age
of
Tolkien's
Middle
Earth
.
.
.
grand,
epic
storytelling
and
a
reminder,
if
one
was
needed,
of
Tolkien's
genius
in
creating
an
imaginary
world
that
both
reflects
and
deepens
a
sense
of
our
own
mythic
past."
—Washington
Post
Book
World
"Tolkien's legacy is deepened in this posthumously published tale . . . THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN is a gem -one of Middle-earth's 'Great Tales,' as Tolkien called them, fully realized at last." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN does not require 'Silmarillion'-grade geekery. Any midlevel Tolkien fans with an appetite for the stranger, darker corners of his realm will rapidly be caught up in the fiery saga." —Salon.com
"Tolkien's legacy is deepened in this posthumously published tale . . . THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN is a gem -one of Middle-earth's 'Great Tales,' as Tolkien called them, fully realized at last." —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN does not require 'Silmarillion'-grade geekery. Any midlevel Tolkien fans with an appetite for the stranger, darker corners of his realm will rapidly be caught up in the fiery saga." —Salon.com
Descriere
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.