Quatrième de couverture
THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Volume 3
CHRISTOPHER TOLKIEN
This, the third volume of The History of Middle-Earth, give us a privileged
insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-Earth, through the alliterative
verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien's world - those of
Túrin and Lúthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of the Children
of Húrin, narrating on a grand scale of Túrin Turambar. The second is the
moving Lay of Leithian, the chief source of the tale of Beren
and Lúthien in The Silmarillion, telling of the Quest of the Silmaril and the
encounter with Morgoth in his subterranean fortress.
Accompanying the poems are commentaries on the evolution of the history of the
Eldar Days. Also included is the notable criticism of The Lay of Leithian
by CS Lewis, who read the poem in 1929.
« A worthy addition to The History of Middle-Earth »
MALLORN
« Anyone loving the original books will want to study this one »
DAILY MAIL
Table des matières
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Foreword
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1
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| I. |
THE LAY OF THE CHILDREN OF HÚRIN
Prologue (Húrin and Morgoth)
I. Túrin's Fostering
II. Beleg
III. Failivrin
Second Version of the Lay :
I. (Húrin and Morgoth)
II. Túrin's Fostering
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3
6
8
29
56
95
104
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| II. |
POEMS EARLY ABANDONED
The Flight of the Noldoli
Fragment of an alliterative LAy of Eärendel
The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin
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131
141
144
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| III. |
THE LAY OF LEITHIAN
Canto
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV |
(of Thingol)
(Gorlim's betrayal and Beren's revenge)
(Beren's meeting with Lúthien)
(Beren before Thingol)
(Lúthien's captivity in Doriath)
(Beren in Nargothrond)
(Beren and Felagund before Thû)
(Lúthien in Nargothrond)
(The Defeat of Thû)
(The attack by Celegorm and Curufin)
(The disguising of Beren and Lúthien and the journey to Angband)
(Fingolfin and Morgoth ; the meeting with Carcharoth)
(Beren and Lúthien in Angband)
(Escape from Angband) |
Unwritten Cantos
Appendix : Commentary by C.S. Lewis
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150
154
161
171
183
198
210
224
235
248
259
275
284
294
306
308
315
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| IV. |
THE LAY OF LEITHIAN RECOMMENCED
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330
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Note on the original submission on the Lay of Leithian and The Silmarillion
in 1937
Glossary of Obsolete, Archaic, and Rare Words and Meanings
Index
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364
368
373
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