- Hardcover
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin; 1st Edition. edition
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0395394295
- ISBN-13: 978-0395394298
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 662 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #851,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Best of the Series...,
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This review is from: Lays Of Beleriand Hme 3 (Paperback)
I have nearly the entire series of The History of Middle earth, minus 3 books: book 4, book 9, and book 11.Out all that I've read so far, this is the best of the bunch, and an amazing work by Tolkien. 'The Lays of Beleriand' contain two epic poems about two of Tolkien's dramatic tales taken from 'The Silmarillion'. I thought they were simply amazing, beautiful, and I wished he had finished them instead of putting them aside. Unfinished as they are, they are worth a buy, and a wonderful addition to any Tolkien-reader's collection. I know some won't agree with me, but I recommend skipping the notes from Christopher Tolkien. They completely take away from the beauty of the poetry, and are long, boring, and unnecessary. Just read the poems straight through and enjoy them. If you ARE dead serious about Tolkien, read the notes, but you don't need them to understand what your reading.
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The Poems of Middle-Earth,
By "mokkan" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
The Lays of Beleriand is basically a book of poems that J.R.R. Tokien wrote about the tales of the Silmarillion. Poems such as that of Turin Turambar, as well as a few other noteworthy works. It's probably best to have some background on the Silmarillon before reading this.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Contains the greatest epic poem of the 20th century,
This review is from: The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 3) (Mass Market Paperback)
Contrary to popular belief, this is not a book about Middle-earth. Middle-earth didn't exist when Tolkien wrote the poems contained in this book. But the legends they established were taken up into the later Middle-earth mythology even though we were only treated to glimpses of them in the years preceding the publication of this book.Lays of Beleriand unveils the true source of the Beren and Luthien story told in The Silmarillion. Although the characters predate "Lay of Leithian", Tolkien brought them forward in a radical evolutionary process which changed many things. The product of his changes was a fantastic poem which would make a wonderful book in its own right. Alas! He never finished the lay. Deemed too "Celtic" by an early reader at Allen & Unwin, the poem was set aside by Tolkien as he turned to lighter projects. And though he tried to return to it later in life, the flame had dwindled and he was unable to rekindle the ancient fire which inspired this masterpiece. The last lines of the poem seem to describe the work's own fate: "An gleam of swords in fire there flashed/the fangs of Carcharoth, and crashed/together like a trap, that tore/the hand about the wrist, and shore/through brittle bone and sinew nesh,/devouring the frail mortal flesh;/and in that cruel mouth unclean/egulfed the jewels holy sheen." A few snippets followed, disconnected from the primary narrative. All that could have been, that should have been, was lost forever, unless Tolkien is singing the final stanzas for his beloved Edith beneath the trees in a faraway paradise even now....
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