| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 262 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index. |
| Contents |
The critic as monster: Tolkien's lectures, prefaces, and foreword -- The king under the mountain: Tolkien's children's story -- The Christian king: Tolkien's fairy-stories -- The Germanic lord: Tolkien's medieval parodies -- The lord of the rings: Tolkien's epic -- The creator of the Silmarils: Tolkien's "Book of lost tales." |
| Summary |
"As a scholar of medieval literature and a lover of Germanic and Finnish mythologies in particular, J.R.R. Tolkien was "grieved by the poverty" of legend and myth in his own beloved culture. Inspired by works like Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tolkien's fiction relied on both pagan epic and Christian legend to create a mythology for England evident in both his major works of fiction like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and his minor stories and critical essays. Revised and expanded, Jane Chance's study examines the sources and influences of Tolkien's works as well as the paradigm of the critic as monster that colors so many of his writings."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 -- Knowledge -- England.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 (OCoLC)fst00030031
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Fantasy literature, English -- History and criticism.
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Epic literature, English -- History and criticism.
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Medievalism -- England -- History -- 20th century.
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Mythology, Germanic, in literature.
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
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Fairy tales in literature.
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England -- In literature.
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Mythology in literature.
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Epic literature, English. (OCoLC)fst00913718
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Fairy tales in literature. (OCoLC)fst00919935
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Fantasy literature, English. (OCoLC)fst00920876
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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Medievalism. (OCoLC)fst01015389
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Middle Earth (Imaginary place) (OCoLC)fst01020337
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Mythology, Germanic, in literature. (OCoLC)fst01031802
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Mythology in literature. (OCoLC)fst01031717
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Fantasy (litteratur)
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Mytologi i litteraturen.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Chance, Jane, 1945- Tolkien's art. Rev. ed. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2001 (OCoLC)606609487 |
| ISBN |
0813190207 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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9780813190204 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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