The Story of King Arthur and His Knights - Illustrated
TOLKIEN`S BOOKSHELF #9: THE STORY OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. J.R.R. Tolkien greatly enjoyed Arthurian stories, which he called `powerful`. In fact, it was he who translated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (a 14th-century romance about one of Arthur`s knights) into modern English. So profoundly did the legends of King Arthur move Tolkien that a few years before he wrote `The Hobbit` he began to compose a poem in alliterative verse, entitled `The Fall of Arthur`. Literary researchers have found several parallels between the Arthurian legends and `The Lord of the Rings`. It was 1903 when Howard Pyle`s beautifully illustrated `The Story of King Arthur and his Knights` was first published. J.R.R. Tolkien was an eleven year old boy. With...
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2013
