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Lee, Stuart D.

A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien

Lee, Stuart D. - A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien, ebook

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This is a complete resource for scholars and students of Tolkien, as well as avid fans, with coverage of his life, work, dominant themes, influences, and the critical reaction to his writing.

  • An in-depth examination of Tolkien’s entire work by a cadre of top scholars
  • Provides up-to-date discussion and analysis of Tolkien’s scholarly and literary works, including his latest posthumous book, The Fall of Arthur, as well as addressing contemporary adaptations, including the new Hobbit films
  • Investigates various themes across his body of work, such as mythmaking, medieval languages, nature, war, religion, and the defeat of evil
  • Discusses the impact of his work on art, film, music, gaming, and subsequent generations of fantasy writers

Keywords: Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Children of Hurin, Middle-earth, Peter Jackson, Frodo, Bilbo Baggins, medieval mythology, medieval literature, fantasy literature, twentieth-century literature, Inklings, Arda, British literature, high fantasy, literary criticism, philology, Christian literature, CS Lewis, mythopoetry, poetry, mythology, 20th Century English Literature, 20th Century English Literature

Author(s)
Editor
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2014
Language
en
Edition
1
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Page amount
608 pages
Category
Litterary Studies
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118517482
Printed ISBN
9780470659823

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