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The fall of Arthur

The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Other Authors:	Tolkien, Christopher (Editor)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Arthur, > King > Poetry. Britons > Kings and rulers > Poetry. Knights and knighthood > Poetry. Arthurian romances > Adaptations. Poetry. Fantasy poetry. Epic poetry.
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Summary:	The first publication of a previously unknown narrative poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur.
Physical Description:	233 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780544115897 0544115899
Author Notes:	A writer of fantasies, Tolkien, a professor of language and literature at Oxford University, was always intrigued by early English and the imaginative use of language. In his greatest story, the trilogy The Lord of the Rings (1954--56), Tolkien invented a language with vocabulary, grammar, syntax, even poetry of its own. Though readers have created various possible allegorical interpretations, Tolkien has said: "It is not about anything but itself. (Certainly it has no allegorical intentions, general, particular or topical, moral, religious or political.)" In The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), Tolkien tells the story of the "master of wood, water, and hill," a jolly teller of tales and singer of songs, one of the multitude of characters in his romance, saga, epic, or fairy tales about his country of the Hobbits. Tolkien was also a formidable medieval scholar, as evidenced by his work, Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics (1936) and his edition of Anciene Wisse: English Text of the Anciene Riwle. Among his works published posthumously, are The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún and The Fall of Arthur, which was edited by his son, Christopher. In 2013, his title, The\Hobbit (Movie Tie-In) made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography)