Tolkien's art : a mythology for England /
"J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious, and cultural ideas deeply influenced his entire life and provided the seeds for his own fiction. In Tolkien's Art, Chance discusses not only such classics as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, but focuses o...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky
©2001.
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| Edició: | Rev. ed. |
| Accés en línia: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jch8t |
| Sumari: | "J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious, and cultural ideas deeply influenced his entire life and provided the seeds for his own fiction. In Tolkien's Art, Chance discusses not only such classics as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, but focuses on his minor works as well, outlining in detail the sources and influences-from pagan epic to Christian legend-that formed the foundation of Tolkien's masterpieces, his "mythology for England." |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813170869 9780813170862 9780813138091 0813138094 1283327538 9781283327534 9786613327536 6613327530 0813190207 9780813190204 |