{"id":2203,"date":"2016-11-06T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2016-11-06T12:10:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T12:10:02","slug":"tolkien-the-lay-of-aotrou-and-itroun-not-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/2203","title":{"rendered":"Tolkien: The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun – Not Bad!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tolkien_aotrou_itroun\"<\/a>I’ve read all of the recent publications of the now-deceased-for-43-years author. And while I buy each and every one, that isn’t to say I enjoy them all. I actually found Beowulf<\/b> nigh unreadable and The Fall Of Arthur<\/b> a chore to read. The latter was only made easier by my experience with the tales. So, another entry into what formed Tolkien’s brilliant legendarium will be consumed, whether I like it or not. However, while the $25 purchase was read entirely on a Sunday morning, I found this one a likable and highly-readable lay. Much like his poems in The Lays Of Beleriand<\/b> (of which, clearly, The Lay Of Leithian<\/b> is the greatest, more on this below), this is a fun read which took me back to my first time reading Tolkien’s work. In fact, it’s possibly superior to the rather generic, “Such power, strength like a tower” portions which plagued some of his other lays. The Lay Of Aotrou And Itroun<\/b>, steeped in British and Celtic folklore was a colorful read, albeit brief, and one which I would return to (unlike The Fall Of Arthur<\/b>). I should also add that his take on Kullervo<\/b> last year was likely my favorite of the recent releases. <\/p>\n

Next year will mark 44 years since my beloved author’s death, but fear not, yet another<\/i> entry into my library will inevitably be purchased. The Tale of Beren and L\u00fathien<\/b> shall sit upon my shelf, next to this lovely copy of Aotrou And Itroun<\/b>. While this tale has been told, both in my most-revered novel, The Silmarillion<\/b> but also in the aforementioned The Lay Of Leithian<\/b>. I suspect nothing new will be presented here, nor will it feature an overhauled made-for-novelization form like The Children Of H\u00farin<\/b> did a decade before it. But return I must, to perhaps the most epic tale of Tolkien’s canon: The story of Beren the One-Handed and his nightingale Tin\u00faviel. Just tell me where to place my money. And then tell me what Tolkien releases for the 45th anniversary of his death. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve read all of the recent publications of the now-deceased-for-43-years author. And while I buy each and every one, that isn’t to say I enjoy them all. I actually found Beowulf nigh unreadable and The Fall Of Arthur a chore to read. The latter was only made easier by my experience with the tales. So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,28,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-reviews","category-tolkien"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions\/2205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}