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Understanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism 1st Ed. HCDJ
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Book Series
- The Lord of the Rings
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780618422517
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-10
061842251X
ISBN-13
9780618422517
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309762353
Product Key Features
Book Title
Understanding the Lord of the Rings : the Best of Tolkien Criticism
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Genre
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-047274
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
823/.912
Table Of Content
Contents Neil D. Isaacs 1 Introduction: On the Pleasures of (Reading and Writing) Tolkien Criticism C. S. Lewis 11 The Dethronement of Power Edmund Fuller 16 The Lord of the Hobbits:J.R.R. Tolkien W. H. Auden 31 The Quest Hero Patricia Meyer Spacks 52 Power and Meaning in The Lord of the Rings Rose A. Zimbardo 68 Moral Vision in The Lord of the Rings Marion Zimmer Bradley 76 Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship R. J. Reilly 93 Tolkien and the Fairy Story J. S. Ryan 106 Folktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Story Verlyn Flieger 122 Frodo and Aragorn: The Concept of the Hero Paul Kocher 146 Middle-earth: An Imaginary World? Patrick Grant 163 Tolkien: Archetype and Word Lionel Basney 183 Myth, History, and Time in The Lord of the Rings Jane Chance 195 The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic Tom Shippey 233 Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy 257 Acknowledgments and Permissions 259 Notes 275 Index
Synopsis
A valuable collection of essays for those who appreciate Lord of the Rings and Tolkien, and a critical look at the mythic and heroic qualities., Including essays by Edmund Wilson, W.H. Auden, C.S. Lewis, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and others, this collection adds to the many delights of the "Lord of the Rings" films., When first published, The Lord of the Rings stood far from the mainstream: no one had seen anything like it for decades. Tolkien's almost stridently antimodern tale needed valiant defenders, vocal admirers who understood its sources and relished its monumental scale. While such champions of modernism as Edmund Wilson mocked Tolkien's archaic structure and language, W. H. Auden -- a great modernist poet in his own right -- rose to his defense with a spirited essay on the true nature of the Hero Quest. Edmund Fuller's essay collected here discusses the nature of the fairy tale, returning to the roots of the term to remove the treacle of Disney and restore the value of realistic enchantment. Tolkien's friend C. S. Lewis takes up the question of why, if you have a serious comment to make about real life, you would drape it in a never-never land of your own. He shrewdly argues that it is because real life does have mythic and heroic qualities -- in abundance. This collection also includes, among others, essays by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Verlyn Flieger, Paul Kocher, Jane Chance, and each of the editors, as well as a brand-new essay by Tom Shippey that shows us how to process all this vast learning, adding to it the many delights of the film versions of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, so we can relish his achievement all the more.
LC Classification Number
PR6039.O32L63775
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