Poems from The Lord of the Rings
| Poems from The Lord of the Rings | |
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| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Illustrator | Alan Lee |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | 1990 (new edition 2002[1]) |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 0261103121 |
Poems from The Lord of the Rings is a compilation of poems from The Lord of the Rings. The book is illustrated by Alan Lee.
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.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Poems from The Lord of the Rings", Amazon.co.uk (accessed 8 October 2013)
