
精灵王之女
The king of Elfland's daughter
Lord Dunsany · 初版 1924 年
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Erl 的领主被其族人议会告知,他们希望由一位魔法领主来统治。领主遵循古老习俗,派儿子 Alveric 前去迎娶 Elfland 国王的女儿 Lirazel。他前往时间流逝远慢于人世间的 Elfland,并赢得了她的芳心。他们回到 Erl 并育有一子,但就像民间传说中的仙女新娘一样,她始终无法融入凡人生活。她重返 Elfland 父亲守候的怀抱,而饱受相思之苦的丈夫抛下 Erl 王国四处流浪,踏上了寻妻之路……
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Dunsany 也太棒了。《The King of Elfland’s Daughter》极具魅力,堪称杰作。啊,真想去往我们已知的田野之外(beyond the fields we know)。
Dunsany is wonderful too. The King of Elfland’s Daughter is charming and a masterpiece. Oh to go beyond the fields we know.
在托尔金之前,精灵和矮人并不严格等同于儿童童话。此前有很多半流行的先驱作品都有他们的身影,比如《The Worm Ouroboros》或《The King of Elfland's Daughter》。Poul Anderson 也在《LOTR》出版的同一年发表了《The Broken Sword》,体现出许多相同的受影响痕迹,只不过出自风格迥异的作者之手。托尔金的重要性在于,他所塑造的那种特定……
Elves and dwarves didn't strictly mean children's fairy tales prior to Tolkien. There's plenty of semi-popular prior art where they feature, like the Worm Ouroboros or The King of Elfland's Daughter. Poul Anderson also published The Broken Sword the same year as LOTR, which shows a lot of the same influences as written by a very different author. Tolkien's importance is that the specific kinds of…