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The Road to Middle-earth - How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology (Paperback, Revised Enlarged Third edition)
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The Road to Middle-earth - How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology (Paperback, Revised Enlarged Third edition)
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A detailed and fascinating journey to the roots of The Lord of the
Rings, by award-winning Tolkien expert Professor Tom Shippey. The
Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of
J.R.R.Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom
Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led
him to write The Hobbit and how he created a work of timeless charm
for millions of readers. He discusses the contribution of The
Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien's great myth-cycle,
showing how Tolkien's more 'complex' works can be read enjoyably
and seriously by readers of his earlier books, and goes on to
examine the remarkable 12-volume History of Middle-earth by
Tolkien's son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces
the creative and technical processes through which Middle-earth
evolved. The core of the book, however, concentrates on The Lord of
the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map, as a twisted web of a
story, and as a response to the inner meaning of myth and poetry.
By following the routes of Tolkien's own obsessions - the poetry of
languages and myth - The Road to Middle-earth shows how Beowulf,
The Lord of the Rings, Grimm's Fairy Tales, the Elder Edda and many
other works form part of a live and continuing tradition of
literature. It takes issue with many basic premises of orthodox
criticism and offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to
the importance of language in literature. This new edition is
revised and expanded, and includes a previously unpublished lengthy
analysis of Peter Jackson's film adaptations and their effect on
Tolkien's work.
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