The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

ISBN-13: 9780007317240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Opis

Following 'The Children of Hurin', this is Tolkien's retelling of the Norse legend. It is written in narrative verse and was completed by Tolkien in the 1930s, but no part has been reproduced until now. It also includes one of Tolkien's lectures on Norse literature as well as commentary and notes from Christopher Tolkien."

Recenzje

"Will appeal strongly to readers already haunted by the deeper, more sombre musics of Middle-earth" The Times

"This is the most unexpected of Tolkien's many posthumous publications; his son's 'Commentary' is a model of informed accessibility; the poems stand comparison with their Eddic models, and there is little poetry in the world like those" Times Literary Supplement

"The compact verse form is ideally suited to describing impact... elsewhere it achieves a stark beauty" Telegraph

O autorze

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Christopher Tolkien was born on 21 November 1924. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, later returning to Oxford University to become a Fellow and Tutor. He devoted himself after his father's death in 1973 to the editing of his unpublished writings, notably The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin. He died in 2020 at the age of 95.