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 |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky
©2001.
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| Edition: | Rev. ed. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jch8t |
Table of Contents:
- The critic as monster: Tolkien's lectures, prefaces, and foreword
- The king under the mountain: Tolkien's children's story
- The Christian king: Tolkien's fairy-stories
- The Germanic lord: Tolkien's medieval parodies
- The lord of the rings: Tolkien's epic
- The creator of the Silmarils: Tolkien's "Book of lost tales."