Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion

284 Pages·2009·6.262 MB·English

by  Douglas Charles Kane

ARDA
RECONSTRUCTED
The Creation of the Published Silmarilli
DOUGLAS CHARLES KANE
Mythopoeic Society Scho

ARDA RECONSTRUCTED

ARDA RECONSTRUCTED
The Creation
of the Published Silmarillion
Douglas Charles Kane
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Kane, Douglas Charles, 1963-
Arda reconstructed : the creation of the published Silmarillion / Douglas
Charles Kane,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Silmarillion—1. Criticism,
Textual. 2. Fantasy fiction, English—Criticism, Textual. 3. Tolkien, Christopher.
4. Fiction—Editing. I. Title.
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Contents
List of Illustrations 9
List of Tables 11
Preface 13
Acknowledgments 15
Source Materials and Conventions 17
Introduction: Reconstructing Arda 23
Part I: The Ainulindale and the Valaquenta
Ainulindale (The Music of the Ainur) 33
Valaquenta (Account of the Valar) 40
Part II: Quenta Silmarillion (The History of the Silmarils)
Chapter 1 "Of the Beginning of Days" 47
Chapter 2 "Of Aule and Yavanna" 54
Chapter 3 "Of the Coming of the Elves and the
Captivity of Melkor" 56
Chapter 4 "Of Thingol and Melian" 66
Chapter 5 "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalie" 68
Chapter 6 "Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor" 75
Chapter 7 "Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor" 85
Chapter 8 "Of the Darkening of Valinor" 92
Chapter 9 "Of the Flight of the Noldor" 100
Chapter 10 "Of the Sindar" 116
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8 CONTENTS
Chapter 11 "Of the Sun and the Moon and the Hiding
ofValinor" 122
Chapter 12 "Of Men" 129
Chapter 13 "Of the Return of the Noldor" 133
Chapter 14 "Of Beleriand and Its Realms" 145
Chapter 15 "Of the Noldor in Beleriand" 151
Chapter 16 "Of Maeglin" 155
Chapter 17 "Of the Coming of Men into the West" 156
Chapter 18 "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall
of Fingolfin" 162
Chapter 19 "Of Beren and Luthien" 173
Chapter 20 "Of the Fifth Battle" 182
Chapter 21 "Of Turin Turambar" 193
Chapter 22 "Of the Ruin of Doriath" 207
Chapter 23 "Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin" 219
Chapter 24 "Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War
of Wrath" 228
Part III: The Akallabeth, Of the Rings of Power and the
Third Age, and the Appendices to the Silmarillion
Akallabeth (The Downfall of Numenor) 243
Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age 248
Appendices to the Silmarillion 249
Conclusion: Arda Reconstructed 252
Notes 263
Index 271