J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed
Ebook
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.
An accessible and authoritative guide to J.R.R. Tolkien and his world - from The Lord of the Rings to The Fall of Gondolin.
An accessible and authoritative guide to the writings and worlds of J.R.R Tolkien
Explores Tolkien's major works such as The Lord of the Rings as well as posthumous publications including the recently discovered The Fall of Gondolin
Includes guides to key scholarly writings on Tolkien, adaptations and Tolkien's literary sources
JRR Tolkien biopic being released in May 2019 by Fox Searchlight.
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Tolkien's Life and Art
Chapter 2: Tolkien's Legendarium
Chapter 3: Tolkien and His Languages
Chapter 4: Tolkien on Time
Chapter 5: Tolkien on Peoples
Chapter 6: Tolkien's Themes
Afterword
Appendix A: Tolkien's Sources
Appendix B: Films of the Legendarium
Appendix C: The Scholarship on Tolkien
References
The book examines a range of themes and content across Tolkien's work and life and brings them together in a tidy package. Widdicombe has done a fine job across the book as a whole.
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed helps dispel the confusion many students feel when first studying Tolkien's secondary world. This engagingly written and insightful volume will prove a useful resource in classrooms.
- Title: J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed
- Author: Toby Widdicombe
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781350092150, 9781350092143, 1350092142, 1350092150
- Resource ID: LLS:9781350092150
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-22T23:06:54Z
Toby Widdicombe is Professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage, USA. His previous books include Simply Shakespeare (2001).