The Fall of Arthur (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) - Hardcover

J.R.R.Tolkien

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9780007489893: The Fall of Arthur (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0007489897 ISBN 13: 9780007489893

Publisher: Harper Collins, 2013

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HardCover. Pub Date :2013-11-05 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher:. HarperCollins Deluxe collector's edition featuring the first edition text and containing a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript The book is quarterbound with a gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase.The Fall of Arthur. the only venture by JRR Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain. may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre. 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 do...

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HMH hardcover, ISBN 978-0-544-11589-7

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An incomplete but highly compelling retelling . . . An action-packed, doom-haunted saga, full of vivid natural description. New York Times Book Review
The Fall of Arthur recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur, who, even as he stands at the threshold of Mirkwood, is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere s infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred s rebels and foreign mercenaries. Powerful, passionate, and filled with vivid imagery, this unfinished poem reveals Tolkien s gift for storytelling at its brilliant best. Christopher Tolkien, editor, contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work that his father applied to bring it to a finished form, and explore the intriguing links between the poem and Tolkien s Middle-earth.
Compelling in pace, haunted by loss, it lives up to expectations. Daily Beast
Erudite and beautiful. NPR.org
J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892 1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than sixty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

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