The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. Verlyn Flieger

      

      ‘Aotrou & Itroun’ first folio of the manuscript.

      

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       Epigraph

       ‘The fear of the beautiful fay that ran through the elder ages almost eludes our grasp.’

      J.R.R. Tolkien ‘On Fairy-stories’

      Contents

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

EPIGRAPH

LIST OF PLATES

NOTE ON THE TEXT

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE LAY OF AOTROU AND ITROUN

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun

       Notes and Commentary

       PART TWO: THE CORRIGAN POEMS

       Introduction

       ‘The Corrigan’ I

       Notes and Commentary

       ‘The Corrigan’ II

       Notes and Commentary

       PART THREE: THE FRAGMENT, MANUSCRIPT DRAFTS AND TYPESCRIPT

       The Fragment

       The Manuscript Drafts

       Aotrou & Itroun fair copy manuscript

       Notes and Commentary

       The Typescript

       Commentary

       PART FOUR: COMPARATIVE VERSES

       Comparative Verses

       Opening verses: Breton, French, English; Tolkien

       Closing verses: Breton, French, English; Tolkien

       FOOTNOTES

       WORKS CITED

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       WORKS BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

       PLATES

‘Aotrou & Itroun’ first folio of the manuscript

frontispiece

      1. ‘The Corrigan’ I, first folio of the manuscript.

      2. ‘The Corrigan’ II, first folio of the manuscript.