J. R. R. TOLKIEN
The Lost Road
AND OTHER WRITINGS
Language and Legend before
‘The Lord of the Rings’
Christopher Tolkien
HarperCollinsPublishers
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First published in Great Britain by Unwin Hyman 1987
Copyright © The Tolkien Estate Limited and C.R. Tolkien 1987
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CONTENTS
PART ONE: THE FALL OF NÚMENOR AND THE LOST ROAD
I THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE LEGEND
(ii) The first version of The Fall of Númenor
(iii) The second version of The Fall of Númenor
(iv) The further development of The Fall of Númenor
PART TWO: VALINOR AND MIDDLE-EARTH BEFORE THE LORD OF THE RINGS
I THE TEXTS AND THEIR RELATIONS
II THE LATER ANNALS OF VALINOR
III THE LATER ANNALS OF BELERIAND
I THE GENEALOGIES
II THE LIST OF NAMES
III THE SECOND ‘SILMARILLION’ MAP
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