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	[[Carl F. Hostetter]] mentions the transcription of a manuscript by Tolkien which seems to be a fragment of his ''The Fall of Arthur''.<ref>{{webcite\|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]\|articleurl=http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111\|articlename=Tolkien's handwriting scans\|dated=20 December 2009\|website=[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network]\|accessed=4 May 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>{{webcite\|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]\|articleurl=http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111\|articlename=Tolkien's handwriting scans\|dated=20 December 2009\|website=[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network]\|accessed=4 May 2011}}</ref>
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		+	==Contents==
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		+	*Foreword
		+	*''The Fall of Arthur''
		+	*Notes on the Text of ''The Fall of Arthur''
		+	*The Poem in Arthurian Tradition
		+	*The Unwritten Poem and its Relation to ''The Silmarillion''
		+	*The Evolution of the Poem
		+	*Appendix: Old English Verse

	==From the publisher==		==From the publisher==

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−	'''''The Fall of Arthur''''' is the title of an poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]]. It will be published [[23 May]] [[2013]].<ref>{{webcite\|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/79908/the-fall-of-arthur-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007489947\|articlename=The Fall of Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien\|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]\|accessed=10-October-2012}}</ref>	+	'''''The Fall of Arthur''''' is the title of an poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]]. It will be published on [[23 May]] [[2013]].<ref>{{webcite\|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/79908/the-fall-of-arthur-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007489947\|articlename=The Fall of Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien\|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]\|accessed=10-October-2012}}</ref>

	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]]'' (1977 ed.), pp. 168-8</ref><ref>[[Verlyn Flieger]], "Arthurian Romance", in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', pp. 34-5</ref>		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]]'' (1977 ed.), pp. 168-8</ref><ref>[[Verlyn Flieger]], "Arthurian Romance", in ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', pp. 34-5</ref>

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	The world first publication of a previously unknown work by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur.		The world first publication of a previously unknown work by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur.

−	''The Fall of Arthur'' ~~recounts in verse~~ the ~~last campaign~~ of ~~King~~ Arthur ~~who~~, ~~even~~ as ~~he stands at~~ the ~~threshold~~ of [[~~Mirkwood~~]] is ~~summoned back~~ to Britain ~~by news of~~ the ~~treachery~~ of Mordred~~. Already weakened~~ in ~~spirit by Guinevere's infidelity with~~ the ~~now-exiled~~ Lancelot~~, Arthur must rouse~~ his ~~knights to battle one last time against Mordred's rebels and foreign mercenaries~~.	+	''The Fall of Arthur'', the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the [[Old English]] alliterative metre, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur’s expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere’s flight from Camelot, of the great sea-battle on Arthur’s return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle.

−	~~Powerful, passionate and filled with vivid imagery~~, ''The Fall of Arthur'' ~~reveals Tolkien's gift for storytelling at its brilliant best. Originally composed by J.R.R~~. ~~Tolkien~~ in the ~~1930s~~, ~~this work~~ was ~~set aside~~ for ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and ~~has lain untouched for 80 years~~.	+	Unhappily, ''The Fall of Arthur'' was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it in the earlier nineteen-thirties, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of [[1934]] and urgently pressed him ‘You simply must finish it!’ But in vain: he abandoned it, at some date unknown, though there is some evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of the publication of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and the first stirrings of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Years later, in a [[Letter 165\|letter of 1955]], he said that ‘he hoped to finish a long poem on ''The Fall of Arthur''’; but that day never came.

−	~~Now it has been edited for publication by Tolkien's son~~, ~~[[Christopher Tolkien\|Christopher]]~~, ~~who contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world~~ of ~~King Arthur~~, ~~reveal~~ the ~~deeper meaning~~ of the ~~verses and the painstaking work that his father applied to bring it to a finished form~~, and the ~~intriguing links between~~ ''The ~~Fall of Arthur~~'' and ~~his greatest creation~~, ~~[[Middle-earth]]~~.	+	Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem’s structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and very significant if tantalising notes. In these latter can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written.

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		+	*[[Letter 165]]

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	[[Carl F. Hostetter]] mentions the transcription of a manuscript by Tolkien which seems to be a fragment of his ''The Fall of Arthur''.<ref>{{webcite\|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]\|articleurl=http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111\|articlename=Tolkien's handwriting scans\|dated=20 December 2009\|website=[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network]\|accessed=4 May 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>{{webcite\|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]\|articleurl=http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111\|articlename=Tolkien's handwriting scans\|dated=20 December 2009\|website=[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network]\|accessed=4 May 2011}}</ref>
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		+	==From the publisher==
		+	The world first publication of a previously unknown work by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur.
		+
		+	''The Fall of Arthur'' recounts in verse the last campaign of King Arthur who, even as he stands at the threshold of [[Mirkwood]] is summoned back to Britain by news of the treachery of Mordred. Already weakened in spirit by Guinevere's infidelity with the now-exiled Lancelot, Arthur must rouse his knights to battle one last time against Mordred's rebels and foreign mercenaries.
		+
		+	Powerful, passionate and filled with vivid imagery, ''The Fall of Arthur'' reveals Tolkien's gift for storytelling at its brilliant best. Originally composed by J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1930s, this work was set aside for ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and has lain untouched for 80 years.
		+
		+	Now it has been edited for publication by Tolkien's son, [[Christopher Tolkien\|Christopher]], who contributes three illuminating essays that explore the literary world of King Arthur, reveal the deeper meaning of the verses and the painstaking work that his father applied to bring it to a finished form, and the intriguing links between ''The Fall of Arthur'' and his greatest creation, [[Middle-earth]].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''''The Fall of Arthur''''' is the title of an poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]]. It will be published [[23 May]] [[2013]].<ref>{{webcite\|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/79908/the-fall-of-arthur-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007489947\|articlename=The Fall of Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien\|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]\|accessed=10-October-2012}}</ref>		'''''The Fall of Arthur''''' is the title of an poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]]. It will be published [[23 May]] [[2013]].<ref>{{webcite\|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/79908/the-fall-of-arthur-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007489947\|articlename=The Fall of Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien\|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]\|accessed=10-October-2012}}</ref>

−	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>	+	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]]'' (1977 ed.), pp. 168-8</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>	+	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>{{webcite\|author=N.E. Brigand\|articleurl=http://lingwe.blogspot.com/2011/03/lewiss-lost-aeneid.html#comments\| articlename=Comment to the blog post <nowiki>'Lewis's Lost Aeneid [Updated]'</nowiki>\|dated=5 March 2011\|website=[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>	+	[[Carl F. Hostetter]] mentions the transcription of a manuscript by Tolkien which seems to be a fragment of his ''The Fall of Arthur''.<ref>{{webcite\|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]\|articleurl=http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67509-tolkiens-handwriting-scans/page__p__1349111#entry1349111\|articlename=Tolkien's handwriting scans\|dated=20 December 2009\|website=[http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/ The Fountain Pen Network]\|accessed=4 May 2011}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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−	'''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]].	+	\| title=The Fall of Arthur
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		+	'''''The Fall of Arthur''''' is the title of an poem by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], concerned with the legend of [[King Arthur]]. It will be published [[23 May]] [[2013]].<ref>{{webcite\|articleurl=http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/Titles/79908/the-fall-of-arthur-j-r-r-tolkien-9780007489947\|articlename=The Fall of Arthur: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edited by Christopher Tolkien\|website=[http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins]\|accessed=10-October-2012}}</ref>

	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>		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>
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	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>		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>	+	[[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>

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

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