With his richly detailed world of Middle Earth and the epic tales
he told around it, J.R.R. Tolkien invented the modern fantasy
novel. For readers and students getting to grips with this world
for the first time, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed is an
essential guide to the author's life and work. The book helps
readers explore: * Tolkien's life and times * Tolkien's mythical
world * The languages of Middle Earth * The major works - The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings * Posthumously published writings
- from The Silmarillion to the recently discovered The Fall of
Gondolin With reference to adaptations of Tolkien's work including
the Peter Jackson films, notes on Tolkien's sources and surveys of
key scholarly and critical writings, this is an accessible and
authoritative guide to one of the 20th century's greatest and most
popular writers.
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