LEADER 03900nam 22007455 450 001 9910595059303321 005 20230810175808.0 010 $a3-031-11266-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-11266-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7090693 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7090693 035 $a(CKB)24859120400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-11266-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924859120400041 100 $a20220915d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJ. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" $eRealizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion /$fby Robert T. Tally Jr 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (116 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon,$x2662-8570 311 $a3-031-11265-2 327 $a1. Introduction: In a hole in the ground -- 2. The Way to Talk to Dragons: Interpellation, Style, and Narrative Form -- 3. Nasty Disturbing Uncomfortable Things: The Intrusions of History -- 4. Show Me Now Your Map: Towards a Literary Cartography of Middle-earth -- 5. More Dangerous and Less Wise: Race, Class, and the Geopolitical Order -- 6. Conclusion: Quite a little fellow in a wide world. 330 $aThis book is a critical introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien?s The Hobbit, but it also advances an argument about the novel in the context of Tolkien?s larger literary and philosophical project. Notwithstanding its canonical place in the fantasy genre, The Hobbit is ultimately a historical novel. It does not refer directly to any ?real? historical events, but it both enacts and conceptualizes history in a way that makes it real. Drawing on Marxist literary criticism and narrative theory, this book examines the form and content of Tolkien?s work, demonstrating how the heroic romance is simultaneously employed and subverted by Tolkien in his tale of an unlikely hero, ?quite a little fellow in a wide world,? who nonetheless makes history. First-time readers of Tolkien, as well as established scholars and fans, will enjoy this engaging and accessible study of The Hobbit. Robert T. Tally Jr. is a Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. His books include For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in an Age of Capitalist Realism (2022), Topophrenia: Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination (2019), and Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism (2014). 410 0$aPalgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon,$x2662-8570 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren's literature 606 $aPopular Culture 606 $aSpace 606 $aCulture 606 $aBooks$xHistory 606 $aLiterature$xPhilosophy 606 $aLiterary Criticism 606 $aChildren's Literature 606 $aPopular Culture 606 $aSpace and Place in Culture 606 $aHistory of the Book 606 $aPhilosophy of Literature 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren's literature. 615 0$aPopular Culture. 615 0$aSpace. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aBooks$xHistory. 615 0$aLiterature$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aLiterary Criticism. 615 24$aChildren's Literature. 615 24$aPopular Culture. 615 24$aSpace and Place in Culture. 615 24$aHistory of the Book. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Literature. 676 $a809.38766 676 $a823.912 700 $aTally$b Robert T.$cJr.,$0618956 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595059303321 996 $aJ. R. R. Tolkien's the Hobbit$93009838 997 $aUNINA