A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work whose origins stretch back to a time long before The Hobbit.
Tolkien considered The Silmarillion his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the 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 Feanor, 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, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.
This second edition features a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the book, which serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the carlier Ages of Middle-earth.
This is the story of the First Age, the ancient drama to which characters in "The Lord of the Rings" look back.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, WWI veteran (a First Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army), philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the high fantasy classic works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and Merton Professor of English language and literature from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C.S. Lewis.
Christopher Tolkien published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion . These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about an imagined world called Arda, and Middle-earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the word "legendarium" to the larger part of these writings.
While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or more precisely, high fantasy. Tolkien's writings have inspired many other works of fantasy and have had a lasting effect on the entire field.
In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Forbes ranked him the 5th top-earning dead celebrity in 2009.
Religious influences
J.R.R. Tolkien, was born in South Africa in 1892, but his family moved to Britain when he was about 3 years old. When Tolkien was 8 years old, his mother converted to Catholicism, and he remained a Catholic throughout his life. In his last interview, two years before his death, he unhesitatingly testified, “I’m a devout Roman Catholic.”
Tolkien married his childhood sweetheart, Edith, and they had four children. He wrote them letters each year as if from Santa Claus, and a selection of these was published in 1976 as The Father Christmas Letters . One of Tolkien’s sons became a Catholic priest. Tolkien was an advisor for the translation of the Jerusalem Bible .
Tolkien once described The Lord of the Rings to his friend Robert Murray, an English Jesuit priest, as "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work, unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision." There are many theological themes underlying the narrative including the battle of good versus evil, the triumph of humility over pride, and the activity of grace. In addition the saga includes themes which incorporate death and immortality, mercy and pity, resurrection, salvation, repentance, self-sacrifice, free will, justice, fellowship, authority and healing. In addition The Lord's Prayer "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" was reportedly present in Tolkien's mind as he described Frodo's struggles against the power of the "One Ring.''
本文写于《精灵宝钻》英文版诞生之时。 《精灵宝钻》在作者过世四年后的今天,终于得以出版。它讲述的是有关远古时代的故事,那段时期亦可称为世界的第一纪元。《魔戒》叙述的是第三纪元末那些轰轰烈烈的事迹,《精灵宝钻》中的传奇故事则是源自久远得多的过去,彼时首代黑暗...
评分彼得•杰克逊携编剧菲丽帕•博伊恩斯、主演“梭林•橡木盾”理查德•阿米蒂奇来中国的消息让许多人对《霍比特人:五军之战》的票房前景看好,毕竟前两部的吸金能力都难以与新贵“漫威”相比,而《霍比特人:五军之战》很有可能是我们有生之年最后一部中洲电影,电影公...
评分这个版本是台湾联经出版社出版的,此版本非大陆译林出版社的版本 看到这么多的差评,是在不忍心,特此上来说明。 联经的版本翻译的非常好,语言也很优美,千万不要弄混淆了呀 但是非常可惜的是在国内找不到这个版本的书,淘宝上的代购价格比原版都贵,所以索性买了英文版本的。...
评分在被LOTR系列彻底洗脑之后我找来这本中洲历史第一卷的《精灵宝钻》来看。说实话整个阅读过程不很顺利,因为书的内容太过丰富,人物众多且关系混乱,单是绕人物名字就把我绕的几度想摔书罢读。但是阅读这本书的过程也绝对是一种享受,绝对的享受。读完这本书后,我找回了当初初...
评分对半兽人的繁殖方式,托尔金仅在《精灵宝钻》的两处地方含混提到。一处是第三章,“半兽人有生命,是照着伊露维塔儿女的方式滋生繁衍。”另一处是第十章,半兽人“在黑暗的地底大量繁殖起来”。由于伊露维塔的儿女(也即精灵和人类)是双性繁殖的,似乎可以推论半兽人也采取了...
silmarillion少有的插图版,纸质白硬,印刷精美。
评分absolutely fascinating!好想多看几遍写几篇托老爷的世界观政治观hh
评分已经看过中文版,再看一遍英文版。
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评分这本书的精美真是至矣尽矣,全铜版纸,插图数量远超过中文文景本,私以为插图的细致程度nasmith是要超过alan的。最后附一大张中洲地图,所有这些就够好了
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