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The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun Book

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is made up of two previously unpublished poems, "The Lay of the Volsungs" and "The Lay of Gudrun", written by J.R.R Tolkien whilst he was a Professor at Oxford during the 1920s and 30s and before he wrote his best known work, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of The Rings". This book has been meticulously edited by Tolkien's son Christopher, a former lecturer in English at Oxford, who also includes his own lectures on Norse literature, commentary and notes on the poems. The two epic poems are based on material from the Norse saga the Elder Edda and tell the story of Sigurd the Völsung, the fall of the Niflungs and the love, magic, jealousy and tragedy that surrounds the events. Read More

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    About this book - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is apreviously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien, written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford during the 1920s and ‘30s, before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It makes available for the first time Tolkien's extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and The Fall of the Niflungs. It includes an introduction by J.R.R. Tolkien, drawn from one of his own lectures on Norse literature, with commentary and notes on the poems by Christopher Tolkien. About the Author - J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and The Children of Húrin. His books have been translated into more than forty languages

  • 0547273428
  • 9780547273426
  • J. R. R. Tolkien
  • 5 May 2009
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 384
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