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I've wanted to read this ever since seeing the few lines from it in Carpenter's biography back in '78. It will be really interesting to compare Tolkien's take on the Arthurian legend with Williams', which, apparently, Tolkien didn't much care for. Can't help wondering if Tolkien was in any way put off completing his version by the existence of Taliesin through Logres & Region of the Summer Stars. I've often thought of digging out my copy of Williams Arthurian poems again & this will be a good excuse. I doubt Tolkien's take will be anything like as (frankly) weird as CW's.
Its interesting that Tolkien would have approached the Arthurian legends at all, given his stated dislike of their use of Christianity (mingling the Primary & Secondary worlds too blatantly). It will be especially interesting to see if the Grail even appears - does Tolkien use the older legends as his source & avoid the Christian dimension at all?
(Wish I could lay my hands on Lewis' Arthurian Torso again - came across it in a local library many years ago & read it in one sitting - too quickly as I can't remember a thing about it now!)
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