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The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J. R. R. Tolkien
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- 9780008202132
- UPC
- 9780008202132
- ISBN
- 9780008202132
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- Item Length
- 22.8 cm
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
- Item Height
- 228mm
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Publishers
- Genre
- Fantasy, Fairy Tale
- Item Width
- 149mm
- Item Weight
- 290g
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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Unavailable for more than 70 years, this early but important work is published for the first time with Tolkien's 'Corrigan' poems and other supporting material, including a prefatory note by Christopher Tolkien. Set 'In Britain's land beyond the seas' during the Age of Chivalry, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun tells of a childless Breton Lord and Lady (the 'Aotrou' and 'Itroun' of the title) and the tragedy that befalls them when Aotrou seeks to remedy their situation with the aid of a magic potion obtained from a corrigan, or malevolent fairy. When the potion succeeds and Itroun bears twins, the corrigan returns seeking her fee, and Aotrou is forced to choose between betraying his marriage and losing his life. Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, together with the two shorter 'Corrigan' poems that lead up to it and which are also included, was the outcome of a comparatively short but intense period in Tolkien's life when he was deeply engaged with Celtic, and particularly Breton, myth and legend. Originally written in 1930 and long out of print, this early but seminal work is an important addition to the non-Middle-earth portion of his canon and should be set alongside Tolkien's other retellings of myth and legend, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, The Fall of Arthur and The Story of Kullervo. Like these works, it belongs to a small but important corpus of his ventures into 'real-world' mythologies, each of which in its own way would be a formative influence on his own legendarium.
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Harpercollins Publishers
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9780008202132
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Book Title
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fantasy, Fairy Tale
Number of Pages
128 Pages
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Item Height
228mm
Item Width
149mm
Item Weight
290g
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Verlyn Flieger
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United Kingdom
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