The Fall of Arthur

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[[Image:James Archer - Morte d'Arthur.jpg|thumb|''Le Morte d'Arthur'' by [[wikipedia:James Archer (artist)|James Archer]].]]
'''The Fall of Arthur''' the title of an [[Index:Unpublished material|unpublished]] poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]].

According to [[Humphrey Carpenter]], who published a few brief extracts from the poem in his [[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography|biography about Tolkien]], the poem "''has alliteration but no rhyme [and] did not touch on the Grail but began an individual rendering of the [[Wikipedia:Le Morte d'Arthur|Morte d'Arthur]], in which the king and Gawain go to war in 'Saxon lands' but are summoned home by news of Mordred's treachery''". "The Fall of Arthur" was read by [[E.V. Gordon]] and R.W. Chambers, who both approved of the poem.<ref name=Bio>[[Humphrey Carpenter]], ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography]]'', pp. 168-8 (1977 ed.; Carpenter also published some quotes from the poem)</ref><ref>[[Verlyn Flieger]], "Arthurian Romance", in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', pp. 34-5</ref>

The writing of the poem was abandoned in the mid 1930s,<ref name=Bio/> but in a 1955 letter to [[Houghton Mifflin]], his American publishers, Tolkien mentioned that he hoped to finish the "long poem".<ref>{{L|165}}</ref> Although the state of the manuscript(s) is unknown, there is a rumour that the poem has 954 lines.<ref>N.E. Brigand, [http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/03/lewiss-lost-aeneid.html#comments Comment to the blog post ”Lewis’s Lost Aeneid [Updated]]” (5 March 2011) at [http://lingwe.blogspot.com/ Lingwë] (accessed 8 March 2011)</ref>

[[Carl F. Hostetter]] mentions the transcription of a manuscript by Tolkien which seems to be a fragment of his ''The Fall of Arthur''.<ref>[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111 Tolkien's handwriting scans] at [http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network] (accessed 4 May 2011)</ref> An edition of the poem appears to be scheduled for publication in May [[2013]] by [[HarperCollins]].<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.amazon.fr/Fall-Arthur-Deluxe-Edi-Hb/dp/0007489897/ref=sr_1_6?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342094217&sr=1-6|articlename=Fall of Arthur Deluxe Edi Hb|dated=|website=[http://www.amazon.fr/ Amazon.fr]|accessed=12 July 2012}}</ref>

==See also==

*''[[The Book of Kyng Arthur]]''

==External links==

*{{WP|Le Morte d'Arthur}}

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