- Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Middle earth (imaginary place)
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Tom Shippey
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 386
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, HarperCollins
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780547524436
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