{"product_id":"9780008202156","title":"The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Tolkien, J. R. R., Flieger, Verlyn \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/05\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 128 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008202156,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnavailable 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, including a prefatory note by Christopher Tolkien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Set ‘In Britain’s land beyond the seas’ during the Age of Chivalry, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun tells of a childless Breton Lord and Lady (‘Aotrou’ and ‘Itroun’) and the tragedy that befalls them when Aotrou seeks to remedy their situation with the aid of a magic potion obtained from a corrigan, or malevolent fairy. When the potion succeeds and Itroun bears twins, the corrigan returns seeking her fee, and Aotrou is forced to choose between betraying his marriage and losing his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 it and are also included here, was 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Written in 1930, this early but seminal work is an important addition to the non-Middle-earth portion of his canon alongside Tolkien’s other retellings of myth and legend, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur and The Story of Kullervo, a small but important corpus of his ventures into ‘real-world’ mythologies, each of which would be a formative influence on his own legendarium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697914118188,"sku":"9780008202156","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008202156.jpg?v=1722606917","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.info\/products\/9780008202156","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}