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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788432803321

Titolo

Middle-earth and beyond [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien / / edited by Kathleen Dubs and Janka Kaščáková

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-283-14184-1

1-4438-2611-1

9786613141842

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DubsKathleen E

KaščákováJanka

Disciplina

823.912

Soggetti

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism

Medievalism - England - History - 20th century

Middle Earth (Imaginary place)

Middle Ages in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SOURCING TOLKIEN'S CIRCLES OF THE WORLD; STAYING HOME AND TRAVELLING; THE ENIGMATIC MR. BOMBADIL; TOM BOMBADIL - MAN OF MYSTERY; GROTESQUE CHARACTERS IN TOLKIEN'S NOVELS THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS; "IT SNOWED FOOD AND RAINED DRINK" IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS; "NO LAUGHING MATTER"; "LIT.", "LANG.", "LING.", AND THE COMPANY THEY KEEP; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

One wonders whether there really is a need for another volume of essays on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Clearly there is. Especially when the volume takes new directions, employs new approaches, focuses on different texts, or reviews and then challenges received wisdom. This volume intends to do all that. The entries on sources and analogues in The Lord of the Rings, a favorite topic, are still able to take new directions. The analyses of Tolkien's literary art, less common in Tolkien critic...