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The Road to Middle-earth: How J R R Tolkien created a new mytholo
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The Road to Middle-earth
Date Published
3 Jan 2005
ISBN-10
0261102753
EAN
9780261102750
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HarperCollins Revised Enlarged Third edition
ISBN
9780261102750
Type
Textbook
Publication Year
1992
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
Item Height
198mm
Author
Tom Shippey
Publisher
HarperCollins
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
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Literature
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
350 g
Number of Pages
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The definitive guide to the origin of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, from The Hobbit to The History of Middle-earth series - includes unpublished Tolkien extracts and poetry. The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a work of timeless charm for millions of readers. He discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien's great myth-cycle, showing how Tolkien's more 'complex' works can be read enjoyably and seriously by readers of his earlier books, and goes on to examine the remarkable 12-volume History of Middle-earth by Tolkien's son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes through which Middle-earth evolved. The core of the book, however, concentrates on The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map, as a twisted web of a story, and as a response to the inner meaning of myth and poetry. By following the routes of Tolkien's own obsessions - the poetry of languages and myth - The Road to Middle-earth shows how Beowulf, The Lord of the Rings, Grimm's Fairy Tales, the Elder Edda and many other works form part of a live and continuing tradition of literature. It takes issue with many basic premises of orthodox criticism and offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to the importance of language in literature. This new edition is revised and expanded, and includes a previously unpublished lengthy analysis of Peter Jackson's film adaptations and their effect on Tolkien's work.

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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
Author
Tom Shippey
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
432 Pages

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129mm
Item Weight
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  • by timm1262
    17 Jun, 2020

    Comprehensive

    Essential reading for all Tolkophiles!

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  • by pollen721
    05 Oct, 2013

    An intellectual insight

    A very interesting look at the way Prof. Tolkien was inspired to write about Middle Earth. Some of the words I had to look up in a dictionary, I have to say, but on the whole a very readable treatise.

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