The lay of Aotrou and Itroun : together with the Corrigan poems

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Label

The lay of Aotrou and Itroun : together with the Corrigan poems

Title remainder

together with the Corrigan poems

Statement of responsibility

by J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Verlyn Flieger ; with a note on the text by Christopher Tolkien

Creator

• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

Contributor

• Flieger, Verlyn, 1933-

Author

• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

Editor

• Flieger, Verlyn, 1933-

Subject

• Fantasy poetry
• Fantasy poetry, English
• Fantasy poetry, English
• Poetry
• FICTION / Fantasy / General
• Fantasy poetry

Genre

• Poetry
• Fantasy poetry

Language

eng

Summary

• Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, this is an important non Middle-earth work to set alongside his other retellings of existing myth and legend, "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún," "The Fall of Arthur," and "The Story of Kullervo."
• "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 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 Gudrún, 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."--Dust jacket flap

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

821/.912

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

poetry

Nature of contents

bibliography