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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The poem consists of twenty-six lines of verse, and then continues with six paragraphs of prose, all of which composes one fictional work. It is a tale about the aging Mîm, lonely and bitter, and how he struggles with not being able to forgive.<ref name=Guide>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] | The poem consists of twenty-six lines of verse, and then continues with six paragraphs of prose, all of which composes one fictional work. It is a tale about the aging Mîm, lonely and bitter, and how he struggles with not being able to forgive.<ref name=Guide>[[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]'' Revised and Enlarged Edition (2017), p. 261</ref> | ||
It is unknown when Tolkien wrote ''The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf'',<ref name=Guide/> as well as where the manuscript is kept. | It is unknown when Tolkien wrote ''The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf'',<ref name=Guide/> as well as where the manuscript is kept. | ||
==Publication history== | ==Publication history== | ||
The original text has never been published, but a German translation was included in Klett-Cotta's anniversary volume ''Das erste Jahrzehnt 1977–1987: Ein Almanach'' (pp. 302-5), titled as "'''Mîms Klage'''" (translated from English by | The original text has never been published, but a German translation was included in Klett-Cotta's anniversary volume ''Das erste Jahrzehnt 1977–1987: Ein Almanach'' (pp. 302-5), titled as "'''Mîms Klage'''" (translated from English by [[Hans J. Schütz]]). A one-paragraph summary of the poem and prose text was included in the second edition of ''[[The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide]]''.<ref name=Guide/> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 20:00, 10 December 2021
The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf is a short poem accompanied by a more extensive prose text about the petty-dwarf Mîm, written by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Description
The poem consists of twenty-six lines of verse, and then continues with six paragraphs of prose, all of which composes one fictional work. It is a tale about the aging Mîm, lonely and bitter, and how he struggles with not being able to forgive.[1]
It is unknown when Tolkien wrote The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf,[1] as well as where the manuscript is kept.
Publication history
The original text has never been published, but a German translation was included in Klett-Cotta's anniversary volume Das erste Jahrzehnt 1977–1987: Ein Almanach (pp. 302-5), titled as "Mîms Klage" (translated from English by Hans J. Schütz). A one-paragraph summary of the poem and prose text was included in the second edition of The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide.[1]
See also
External links
- Mîms Klage (The Complaint of Mîm the Dwarf) at TolkienGuide.com
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Revised and Enlarged Edition (2017), p. 261
