Article Title
Abstract
Finds connections between The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien’s long professional engagement with the medieval romance Sir Orfeo. Orfeo’s plot elements of a king’s separation from his queen and his testing of his steward are echoed (albeit in a somewhat fragmented way) and re–examined in the relationships of Aragorn, Arwen, and the house of the Stewards of Gondor.
Recommended Citation
Bridgwater, Sue
(2012)
"The Steward, the King, and the Queen: Fealty and Love in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and in Sir Orfeo,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 31
:
No.
1
, Article 4.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol31/iss1/4
