The Road to Middle-Earth

The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and...
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Author: Tom Shippey
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The Road to Middle-Earth by Shippey, Tom

The Road to Middle-Earth

CHF 34.50

The Road to Middle-Earth

CHF 34.50
Author: Tom Shippey
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien's creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien's professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a timeless charm for millions of readers. Examining the foundation of Tolkien's most popular work, The Lord of the Rings, Shippey also discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien's great myth cycle, showing how Tolkien's more "difficult" books can be fully appreciated. He goes on to examine the remarkable twelve-volume History of Middle-earth, written by Tolkien's son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes by which Middle-earth evolved.

Author: Tom Shippey, T. a. Shippey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 06/01/2003
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780618257607


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2003 pg. 176

About the Author
Shippey, Tom: -

Tom Shippey taught at Oxford University at the same time as J.R.R. Tolkien and with the same syllabus, which gives him an intimate familiarity with the works that fueled Tolkien's imagination. He subsequently held the chair of English language and medieval literature at Leeds University that Tolkien had previously held.

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