Ebook {Epub PDF} The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun by J.R.R. Tolkien

Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, together with the two shorter ‘Corrigan’ poems (which lead up to it and are also included in this volume), were the outcome of a comparatively short but intense period in Tolkien's life when he was deeply engaged with Celtic, and particularly Breton, myth and legend/5().  · Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, together with the two shorter ‘Corrigan’ poems that lead up to 4/5(4). The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun comes from a period in his life where Tolkien was heavily researching Celtic lore. It is about a lord and lady who want a child. When the lord seeks help from a Corrigan, he is given a potion to assist/5.

J.R.R. Tolkien's poem "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" has been out of print since it was published in The Welsh Review 71 years ago, but HarperCollins is republishing the poem as part of an. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun. ( ratings by Goodreads) Hardback. English. By (author) J. R. R. Tolkien, Edited by Verlyn Flieger. Share. Also available in. Paperback US$ Unavailable for more than 70 years, this early but important work is published for the first time with Tolkien's 'Corrigan' poems and other supporting material. Coming from the darker side of J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, together with the two shorter 'Corrigan' poems (which lead up to it and are also included in this volume), were the outcome of a comparatively short but intense period in Tolkien's life when he was deeply engaged with Celtic, and particularly Breton, myth.

The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun comes from a period in his life where Tolkien was heavily researching Celtic lore. It is about a lord and lady who want a child. When the lord seeks help from a Corrigan, he is given a potion to assist. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is a line poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien in It was first published in The Welsh Review in December , and was published in its own volume edited by Verlyn Flieger on 3 November The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is verse poem written by Tolkien in in the tradition of the medieval “lay”, similar to the Lay of the Children of Húrin and the Lay of Leithian. It was published in The Welsh Review in and has only since been reprinted in a billingual (Serbian and English) edition with limited print runs.