Quatrième de couverture
THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Volume 10
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN
In Morgoth's Ring, the first of two companion volumes,
Christopher Tolkien describes and documents the later history of The Silmarillion,
from the time when his father turned again to 'the matter of the Elder Days'
after The Lord of the Rings was at last achevied. The text of the Annals
of Aman, the 'Blessed Land' in the far West, is given in full; while in writings
hitherto unknown is seen the nature of the problems that J.R.R. Tolkien explored
in his later years, as new and radical ideas, portending unpheaval in the old
narratives, emerged at the heart of the mythology, and as the destinies of Men
and Elves, mortals and immortals, became of central significance, together with
a vastly enlarged perception of the evil of Melkor, the Shadow upon Arda.
The second part of this history of the later Silmarillion is concerned
with developments in the legends of Beleriand after the completion of The
Lord of the Rings.
Table des matières
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Foreword
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PART ONE
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AINULINDALË
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1
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PART TWO
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THE ANNALS OF AMAN
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45
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PART THREE
THE LATER QUENTA SILMARILLION
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I. THE FIRST PHASE
1. Of the Valar
2. Of Valinor
and the Two Trees
3. Of the Coming
of the Elfes
4. Of Thingol
and Melian
5. Of Eldanor
and the Princes of the Eldalië
6. Of the Silmarils
and the Darkening of Valinor
7. Of the Flight
of the Noldor
8. Of the Sun
and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
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141
143
152
158
171
173
184
193
197
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II. THE SECOND PHASE
The Valaquenta
The Earliest
Version of the Story of Finwë and Míriel
Laws and Customs
among the Eldar
Later Versions
of the Story of Finwë and Míriel
Of Fëanor
and the Unchaining of Melkor
Of the Silmarils
and the Unrest of the Noldor
Of the Darkening
of Valinor
Of the Rape
of the Silmarils
Of the Thieves’s
Quarrel
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199
199
205
207
254
271
273
282
292
295
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PART FOUR
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ATHRABETH FINROD AH ANDRETH
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301
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PART FIVE
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MYTHS TRANSFORMED
Appendix: Synopsis of the Texts
Index |
367
432
434
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