02014ojm 2200253z- 450 991014890400332120230913112557.00-00-742921-5(CKB)3710000000923711(BIP)032949274(EXLCZ)99371000000092371120231107c2011uuuu -u- -engTolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earthHarperCollins UKill"To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 ... by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead."So J. R. R. Tolkien responded to critics who saw The Lord of the Rings as a reaction to the Second World War. Tolkien and the Great War tells for the first time the full story of how he embarked on the creation of Middle-earth in his youth as the world around him was plunged into catastrophe. This biography reveals the horror and heroism that he experienced as a signals officer in the Battle of the Somme and introduces the circle of friends who spurred his mythology to life. It shows how, after two of these brilliant young men were killed, Tolkien pursued the dream they had all shared by launching his epic of good and evil.John Garth argues that the foundation of tragic experience in the First World War is the key to Middle-earth's enduring power. Tolkien used his mythic imagination not to escape from reality but to reflect and transform the cataclysm of his generation. While his contemporaries surrendered to disillusionment, he kept enchantment alive, reshaping an entire literary tradition into a form that resonates to this day.This meticulously researched biography is distilled from Tolkien's personal wartime papers and a multitude of other sources.Tolkien and the Great War828/.91209 BGarth Johnoth601521AUDIO9910148904003321Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth3593209UNINA02733nam 2200661Ia 450 991095433870332120200520144314.00-262-28897-41-282-89919-897866128991950-262-28933-4(CKB)2560000000053425(EBL)3339171(SSID)ssj0000438175(PQKBManifestationID)11288403(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438175(PQKBWorkID)10449419(PQKB)10428205(Au-PeEL)EBL3339171(CaPaEBR)ebr10424686(CaONFJC)MIL289919(OCoLC)694144949(FR-PaCSA)88841802(FRCYB88841802)88841802(MiAaPQ)EBC3339171(EXLCZ)99256000000005342520100205d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe innovator's way essential practices for successful innovation /Peter J. Denning and Robert Dunham1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. MIT Pressc20101 online resource (461 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-262-51812-0 0-262-01454-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""I Foundations of Innovation""; ""1 Invention Is Not Enough""; ""2 Generative Innovators in Action""; ""3 Frames of Mind""; ""4 Observing""; ""II The Eight Practices""; ""5 Practice One""; ""6 Practice Two""; ""7 Practice Three""; ""8 Practice Four""; ""9 Practice Five""; ""10 Practice Six""; ""11 Practice Seven""; ""12 Practice Eight""; ""III Journey to Mastery""; ""13 Building a Culture of Innovation""; ""14 Mastering the Mess""; ""15 Social Networking and Innovation""; ""16 Dispositions of the Masters""""Epilogue""""Appendix 1""; ""Appendix 2""; ""Appendix 3""; ""Appendix 4""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""Two experts show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success.PSCC ebrary eBook Perpetual Titles.Technological innovationsKnowledge managementTechnological innovations.Knowledge management.658.4/06Denning Peter J.1942-491466Dunham Robert1794812MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954338703321The innovator's way4335785UNINA