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'''''Poems from The Lord of the Rings''''' | '''''Poems from The Lord of the Rings''''' reproduces the majority of poems, verses and riddles from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', together with colour and black & white illustrations by [[Alan Lee]] throughout.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=46300|articlename=Poems from The Lord of the Rings. 1994|dated=|website=TB|accessed=8 October 2013}}</ref> An expanded edition (hardback in dustwrapper) was published in 2002.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=46520|articlename=Poems from The Lord of the Rings. 2002|dated=|website=TB|accessed=8 October 2013}}</ref> | ||
==From the back (2002 ed.)== | ==From the back (2002 ed.)== | ||
For millions of readers of 'The Lord of the Rings', and for its author J.R.R. Tolkien, the poems and songs which appear in the book are an essential part of its overall magnificence. Trying to furnish England with a mythology he felt it hitherto lacked, and drawing on his own studies of epic poems of the past, including classics such as Beowulf, Tolkien used poetry to add to the magic, mystery and lyricism at the heart of this epic saga. | For millions of readers of 'The Lord of the Rings', and for its author J.R.R. Tolkien, the poems and songs which appear in the book are an essential part of its overall magnificence. Trying to furnish England with a mythology he felt it hitherto lacked, and drawing on his own studies of epic poems of the past, including classics such as Beowulf, Tolkien used poetry to add to the magic, mystery and lyricism at the heart of this epic saga. | ||
Bringing together all the poems from the work, this expanded edition demonstrates Tolkien's consummate skill as a poet as well as a storyteller. Set apart from the main body of the text, these poems prove delightful in their own right, with each stanza giving an insight into the creation of Tolkien's parallel universe of Middle-earth.<ref name=AMUK/> | Bringing together all the poems from the work, this expanded edition demonstrates Tolkien's consummate skill as a poet as well as a storyteller. Set apart from the main body of the text, these poems prove delightful in their own right, with each stanza giving an insight into the creation of Tolkien's parallel universe of Middle-earth.<ref name=AMUK>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poems-Lord-Rings-J-Tolkien/dp/0261103121/|articlename=Poems from The Lord of the Rings|dated=|website=AMUK|accessed=8 October 2013}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*''[[Poems from The Hobbit]]'' | *''[[Poems from The Hobbit]]'' |
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Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
Illustrator | Alan Lee |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Released | 1994 (new edition 2002) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 96 |
ISBN | 0261103121 |
Poems from The Lord of the Rings reproduces the majority of poems, verses and riddles from The Lord of the Rings, together with colour and black & white illustrations by Alan Lee throughout.[1] An expanded edition (hardback in dustwrapper) was published in 2002.[2]
From the back (2002 ed.)
For millions of readers of 'The Lord of the Rings', and for its author J.R.R. Tolkien, the poems and songs which appear in the book are an essential part of its overall magnificence. Trying to furnish England with a mythology he felt it hitherto lacked, and drawing on his own studies of epic poems of the past, including classics such as Beowulf, Tolkien used poetry to add to the magic, mystery and lyricism at the heart of this epic saga.
Bringing together all the poems from the work, this expanded edition demonstrates Tolkien's consummate skill as a poet as well as a storyteller. Set apart from the main body of the text, these poems prove delightful in their own right, with each stanza giving an insight into the creation of Tolkien's parallel universe of Middle-earth.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Poems from The Lord of the Rings. 1994", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 8 October 2013)
- ↑ "Poems from The Lord of the Rings. 2002", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 8 October 2013)
- ↑ "Poems from The Lord of the Rings", Amazon.co.uk (accessed 8 October 2013)