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 | Casa Editrice: Book Club Associates Prima Pubblicazione: 1977 Copyright: © George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd, 1977 Formato: Cartonato cm 14,5 x 22,7 - 366 pagine Copertina: Emblems designe by J. R. R. Tolkien Allegati: Mappa del Beleriand |
Edizioni pubblicate:
1st Impression - 1977
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Note di copertina:
The Silmarillion is the centrai stock of J. R. R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work that he could not publish in his lifetime because it grew with him. Its origins stretch back sixty years, long before The Hobbit, which was indepen-dently conceived but was caught up into what he called the 'branching acquisitive theme' from which finally emerged The Lord of the Rings.
The Silmarillion, though published last and posthumously, has the primacy, both in terms of the author's life and in terms of its content. It is the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.
The three Silmarils were jewels created by Féanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were deStroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils; but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Féanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite ali their heroism, against the great Enemy.
The book includes several other shorter works besides The Silmarillion proper. Preceding it are the Ainulindalè or Music of the Ainur, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods are set forth. After The Silmarillion is the Akallabéth, in which is recounted the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age; and at the end is the tale Of the Rings of Power, in which the matter of the Lord of the Rings is treated in the manner of The Silmarillion.
The Silmarillion is not a romance, not a fairy story, not a fictitious history contrived for its own sake. It is a work of unparalleled and sustained imagination, a sombre vision in the mode of myth and legend of the conflict between the desire to dominate the world and other wills and the creative power that proceeds from the development of inherent inner talents. The corruption of Féanor, the creator of supreme beauty, by the deceits of Morgoth and by his own possessive passion for the things of his own making, and the fruits of that corruption, is one of its centrai themes.
The Silmarillion has been edited and prepared for publication from many manuscripts by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien.
_________________________________________________________________________________The Silmarillion, though published last and posthumously, has the primacy, both in terms of the author's life and in terms of its content. It is the story of the First Age in Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.
The three Silmarils were jewels created by Féanor, most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were deStroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils; but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Féanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite ali their heroism, against the great Enemy.
The book includes several other shorter works besides The Silmarillion proper. Preceding it are the Ainulindalè or Music of the Ainur, a myth of the Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of each of the gods are set forth. After The Silmarillion is the Akallabéth, in which is recounted the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age; and at the end is the tale Of the Rings of Power, in which the matter of the Lord of the Rings is treated in the manner of The Silmarillion.
The Silmarillion is not a romance, not a fairy story, not a fictitious history contrived for its own sake. It is a work of unparalleled and sustained imagination, a sombre vision in the mode of myth and legend of the conflict between the desire to dominate the world and other wills and the creative power that proceeds from the development of inherent inner talents. The corruption of Féanor, the creator of supreme beauty, by the deceits of Morgoth and by his own possessive passion for the things of his own making, and the fruits of that corruption, is one of its centrai themes.
The Silmarillion has been edited and prepared for publication from many manuscripts by the author's son, Christopher Tolkien.
Indice:
pg. 7 Forewords
pg. 13 AINULINDALË
pg. 23 VALAQUENTA
Quenta Silmarillion:
pg. 35 I Of the Beginning of Days
pg. 43 II Of Aulë and Yavanna
pg. 47 III Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
pg. 55 IV Of Thingol and Melian
pg. 57 V Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië
pg. 63 VI Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
pg. 67 VII Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor
pg. 73 VIII Of the Darkening of Valinor
pg. 78 IX Of the Flight of the Noldor
pg. 91 X Of the Sindar
pg. 98 XI Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor
pg. 103 XII Of Men
pg. 106 XIII Of the Return of the Noldor
pg. 118 XIV Of Beleriand and Its Realms
pg. 125 XV Of the Noldor in Beleriand
pg. 131 XVI Of Maeglin
pg. 140 XVII Of the Coming of Men into the West
pg. 150 XVIII Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
pg. 162 XIX Of Beren and Lúthien
pg. 188 XX Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad
pg. 198 XXI Of Túrin Turambar
pg. 227 XXII Of the Ruin of Doriath
pg. 238 XXIII Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin
pg. 246 XXIV Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath
pg. 257 AKALLABÊTH
pg. 283 OF THE RINGS OF POWER AND THE THIRD AGE
Tables
Genealogies
I The House of Finwë
II The Descendants of Olwë and Elwë
III The House of Bëor
IV and V The House of Hador and the People of Haleth
The Sundering of the Elves
pg. 310 Note on Pronunciation
pg. 313 Index of Names
pg. 355 Appendix: Elements in Quenya and Sindarian Names
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