Author

Publication

2001 - University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing882749

Classifications

  • DDC828/.91209
  • LCCPR6039.O32 Z698 2001
  • LCCPR6039.O32Z698 2001

Description

"As a scholar of medieval literature and a lover of Germanic and Finnish mythologies in particular, J. R. R. Tolkien was "grieved by the poverty" of legend and myth in his own beloved culture. Inspired by works like Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tolkien's fiction relied on both pagan epic and Christian legend to create a mythology for England evident in both his major works of fiction like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and his minor stories and critical essays. Revised and expanded, Jane Chance's study examines the sources and influences of Tolkien's works as well as the paradigm of the critic as monster that colors so many of his writings."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Tolkien's art: a mythology for EnglandUniversity Press of Kentucky2001-01-01

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