- Criticism and interpretation, English Fantasy fiction, History and criticism, Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
"Recent polls have consistently declared that J. R. R. Tolkien is "the most influential author of the century" and The Lord of the Rings is "the book of the century." In support of these claims, Tom Shippey, a prominent medievalist and scholar of fantasy, now presents us with a fascinating companion to the works of J.
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- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Tom Shippey
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 347
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Company
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781417717149
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- Criticism and interpretation
- English Fantasy fiction
- History and criticism
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
- Fantasy fiction, history and criticism
- Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973
- English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century
- Criticism and interpretationtolkien, j. r. r. (john ronald reuel) , 1892-1973
- Fantasy fiction, english--history and criticism
- Pr6039.o32 z8238 2000
- 821.912
“The story of how J.R.R. Tolkien came to be launched on his career, not as a writer of fiction - this had begun many years before - but as a writer of published fiction, is a familiar one.”
Thomas Alan Shippey is a British scholar of medievalism, of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction. In particular he is widely considered one of the world's leading academic scholars on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien about whom he has written several books and many scholarly papers. - Wikipedia
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