
Title:
The fall of Arthur
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
London : HarperCollins, 2013.
Physical Description:
233 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780007489947
Abstract:
The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which begins the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur, and includes text regarding the great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse left by Tolkien.
Contents:
Foreword -- The fall of Arthur -- Notes on the text of The fall of Arthur -- The poem in Arthurian tradition -- The unwritten poem and its relation to The Silmarillion -- The evolution of the poem -- Appendix: Old English verse.
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Language:
English