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Verlyn Flieger – The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun (страница 1)

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‘Aotrou & Itroun’ first folio of the manuscript.

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

All texts and materials by J.R.R. Tolkien © The Tolkien Trust 1945, 2019

Note on the Text © Christopher Tolkien 2019

Introduction, Notes and Commentary © Verlyn Flieger 2019

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Source ISBN: 9780008202156

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Version: 2019-05-01

Epigraph

‘The fear of the beautiful fay that ran through the elder ages almost eludes our grasp.’

J.R.R. Tolkien ‘On Fairy-stories’

Contents

COVER

TITLE PAGE

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE LAY OF AOTROU AND ITROUN

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

Notes and Commentary

PART TWO: THE CORRIGAN POEMS

Introduction

‘The Corrigan’ I

Notes and Commentary

‘The Corrigan’ II

Notes and Commentary

PART THREE: THE FRAGMENT, MANUSCRIPT DRAFTS AND TYPESCRIPT

The Fragment

The Manuscript Drafts

Aotrou & Itroun fair copy manuscript

Notes and Commentary

The Typescript

Commentary

PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE VERSES

Comparative Verses

Opening verses: Breton, French, English; Tolkien

Closing verses: Breton, French, English; Tolkien

FOOTNOTES

WORKS CITED

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

WORKS BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

PLATES

1. ‘The Corrigan’ I, first folio of the manuscript.

2. ‘The Corrigan’ II, first folio of the manuscript.

3. The fragment.

4. ‘Aotrou & Itroun’, first folio of the manuscript.

5. ‘Aotrou & Itroun’, first page of the typescript.

NOTE ON THE TEXT