LEADER 02934nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910464088403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-14184-1 010 $a1-4438-2611-1 010 $a9786613141842 035 $a(CKB)3360000000431399 035 $a(EBL)1080549 035 $a(OCoLC)816845324 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544287 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12243248 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544287 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10535777 035 $a(PQKB)10509981 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1080549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1080549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10632816 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL314184 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000431399 100 $a20110309d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMiddle-earth and beyond$b[electronic resource] $eessays on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien /$fedited by Kathleen Dubs and Janka Kas?c?a?kova? 210 $aNewcastle upon Tyne $cCambridge Scholars$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4438-2558-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTABLE 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 330 $aOne 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... 606 $aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMedievalism$zEngland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMiddle Earth (Imaginary place) 606 $aMiddle Ages in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMedievalism$xHistory 615 0$aMiddle Earth (Imaginary place) 615 0$aMiddle Ages in literature. 676 $a823.912 701 $aDubs$b Kathleen E$0918823 701 $aKas?c?a?kova?$b Janka$0918824 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464088403321 996 $aMiddle-earth and beyond$92238386 997 $aUNINA