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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.912
• Soggetto topico: Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism; Medievalism - England - History - 20th century; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Middle Ages in literature
• Altri autori: DubsKathleen E KaščákováJanka
• 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...
• Titolo autorizzato: Middle-earth and beyond
• ISBN: 1-283-14184-1; 1-4438-2611-1; 9786613141842
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821556203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II