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Myths and Legends Boxed Set (4冊合售)

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內容簡介 《托爾金學術遺產典藏套書（第五輯）》這是專為慶祝克里斯多福．托爾金（Christopher Tolkien）文學編輯貢獻所推出的第五套精裝盒裝系列，書衣為雙面設計，收錄四部由 J.R.R. 托爾金翻譯與創作、並由其子克里斯多福親自編輯的重要作品1.《高文爵士與綠騎士》此冊收錄三首十四世紀英詩改編作品：《高文爵士與綠騎士》：一部成人奇幻騎士浪漫詩，充滿色彩與生命力。《珍珠》：表面是哀悼亡女的輓歌，實則探討抽象哲思與靈魂不滅的寓意。《奧菲歐爵士》：源自更早期傳統的短篇浪漫詩，是托爾金最喜愛的作品之一。特別收錄托爾金於 1953 年發表的知名演講〈W.P. Ker 紀念講座〉完整講稿，深入解釋《高文爵士》的文學價值。2.《西格魯與古茹恩的傳說》（The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún）以北歐詩體創作的長詩，重現傳說英雄屠龍者西格魯與其復仇妻子古茹恩的史詩故事，改編自《詩體埃達》與《伏爾松傳奇》。全詩由托爾金創作，並由克里斯多福編撰註解，結合神話、詩藝與文學批評於一體。3.《亞瑟王的殞落》（The Fall of Arthur）托爾金唯一涉足不列顛王亞瑟傳說的長詩作品，以古英語頭韻詩法書寫，講述亞瑟王最後的日子。詩後附註暗示此版本的亞瑟神話與《精靈寶鑽》宇宙存在隱秘關聯，是托爾金語言技藝與創作野心的高峰表現。4.《貝奧武夫：譯文與評論》（Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary）托爾金於1926年完成此古英詩譯本，並於1930年代在牛津大學講授相關內容。此版本收錄詩作翻譯與托爾金親筆評論，展現其深入詩境、如身臨其境般的語言與歷史感知。此外收錄托爾金自創的《賽利克咒語》（Sellic Spell），為想像中的「無史詩包袱版貝奧武夫」民間故事形式。套書特色：首次合輯出版這四部極具代表性的作品全由克里斯多福．托爾金親自編輯與註釋呈現 J.R.R. 托爾金語言學、詩藝、神話研究與文學創作的交會時期為托爾金學術遺產的核心精粹，亦是北歐神話與中世紀文學愛好者的珍藏之選Fifth in a series of hardcover boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. This slipcase contains Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur, and Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; Pearl is apparently an elegy on the death of a child but, like Gawain, it is also a sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters. Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien’s. The three translations are here uniquely accompanied with the complete text of Tolkien’s acclaimed 1953 W.P. Ker Memorial Lecture that he delivered on Sir Gawain.The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, during a time of gods, betrayal and fierce battles, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. Told in verse composed by J.R.R. Tolkien derived from the ancient poetry of the Poetic Edda and the prose Völsunga Saga, this masterful fusion of myth and poetry is accompanied by notes and commentary by Christopher Tolkien.The Fall of Arthur tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England’s legendary hero, King Arthur. It is the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, and may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre. The long narrative poem is accompanied by significant if tantalising notes, in which can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion with The Silmarillion.The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was completed in 1926: he returned to it later but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for the translation is here paired with an illuminating written commentary on the poem by the translator himself, prepared for a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s. From these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if Tolkien entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel’s terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot.These are accompanied by Sellic spell, a ‘marvellous tale’ written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the ‘historical legends’ of the Northern kingdoms.Published together for the first time, these four books – all edited by the author's son and literary executor – collect a fascinating period of Christopher Tolkien’s forty-year career devoted to presenting his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s scholarly writings on the myths and legends of northern Europe, a unique accomplishment that celebrates the academic brilliance and storytelling genius of one of the twentieth century's finest literary pioneers.

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各界推薦 《高文爵士與綠騎士》 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight「這部關於愛情、情慾、榮譽、社交手腕、人格誠信與民間魔法的亞瑟王傳奇，是英語中最偉大且最易親近的敘事詩之一。托爾金的譯本讓其鮮活重生，成為一首動人且令人慰藉的輓歌。」——《伯明罕郵報》《西格魯與古茹恩的傳說》 The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún「對那些曾被中土世界深沉哀婉樂音縈繞的讀者來說，這部作品將極具吸引力。」——《泰晤士報》「這是托爾金多部身後出版作中最令人意想不到的一部；他兒子的註解既深具知識性又易於親近。詩作本身可與《埃達》傳統媲美，世上幾無其他詩歌能與之類比。」——《泰晤士文學增刊》《亞瑟王的殞落》 The Fall of Arthur「這種緊湊的詩體非常適合描寫戰鬥衝擊……詩中其他部分則展現出一種冷峻的美感。」——《每日電訊報》《貝奧武夫：譯文與評論》 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary「即使托爾金從未寫過《魔戒》，他仍會因為一篇名為《怪物與評論家》的《貝奧武夫》講演而在學界成名。那篇講演徹底改變了學界看法。對托爾金而言，《貝奧武夫》大概是影響最深的中古文本，而他的評論與講稿可說是『黃金結晶』。」——《獨立報》這些評語高度肯定了托爾金作為翻譯者與學者的深厚功力，證明他對古典詩歌與北歐神話的詮釋不僅具有文學價值，更具時代穿透力。ReviewSir Gawain and the Green Knight:‘This magnificent Arthurian tale of love, sex, honour, social tact, personal integrity and folk-magic is one of the greatest and most approachable narrative poems in the language. Tolkien’s version makes it come triumphantly alive, a moving and consoling elegy.’Birmingham PostThe Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún:“Will appeal strongly to readers already haunted by the deeper, more sombre musics of Middle-earth” The Times“This is the most unexpected of Tolkien’s many posthumous publications; his son’s ‘Commentary’ is a model of informed accessibility; the poems stand comparison with their Eddic models, and there is little poetry in the world like those” Times Literary SupplementThe Fall of Arthur:“The compact verse form is ideally suited to describing impact… elsewhere it achieves a stark beauty” TelegraphBeowulf: A Translation and Commentary:“If he had never written The Lord of the Rings he would have been famous in academic circles for writing one published lecture on Beowulf called The Monsters and the Critics. It turned things upside down. Beowulf was probably the medieval text that influenced him the most and the commentary and lectures are ‘nuggets of gold’”The Independent

作者介紹

作者介紹 關於作者約翰．羅納德．瑞爾．托爾金（J.R.R. Tolkien，1892–1973） 是一位享有盛譽的學者，但他最廣為人知的身份是奇幻文學大師，著有《哈比人歷險記》、《魔戒三部曲》與《精靈寶鑽》等經典作品，以及其他短篇故事與論文。他的著作已被翻譯成超過 80 種語言，全球銷量數以千萬冊。克里斯多福．托爾金（Christopher Tolkien），生於 1924 年 11 月 24 日，是托爾金的第三子。身為父親的文學遺產執行人，他投入超過四十年的歲月，致力於整理與出版托爾金未發表的作品，從《精靈寶鑽》、《未完成的故事集》，到《貝倫與露西安》、《剛多林的陷落》，以及完整的《中土歷史》系列。他在 2016 年獲頒博德利獎章（Bodley Medal），以表彰其對文學的卓越貢獻，於 2020 年 1 月辭世，享壽 95 歲。About the AuthorJ.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.Christopher Tolkien, born on 24 November 1924, was the third son of J.R.R. Tolkien. As his father’s literary executor, he devoted over forty years to the publication of his father’s unpublished works, from The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Beren and Lúthien and The Fall of Gondolin, and within 'The History of Middle-earth' series, and was awarded the Bodley Medal for his services to literature in 2016. He died in January 2020 at the age of 95.

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最佳賣點 : 《托爾金學術遺產典藏套書（第五輯）》這是專為慶祝克里斯多福．托爾金（Christopher Tolkien）文學編輯貢獻所推出的第五套精裝盒裝系列，書衣為雙面設計，收錄四部由 J.R.R. 托爾金翻譯與創作、並由其子克里斯多福親自編輯的重要作品