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Understanding The lord of the rings : the best of Tolkien criticism / edited by Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs.

Zimbardo, Rose A. (Added Author). Isaacs, Neil D., 1931- (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 061842251X
  • ISBN: 9780618422517
  • Physical Description: 294 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: On the Pleasures of (Reading and Writing) Tolkien Criticism / Neil D. Isaacs 1 -- Dethronement of Power / C. S. Lewis 11 -- Lord of the Hobbits: J.R.R. Tolkien / Edmund Fuller 16 -- Quest Hero / W. H. Auden 31 -- Power and Meaning in The Lord of the Rings / Patricia Meyer Spacks 52 -- Moral Vision in The Lord of the Rings / Rose A. Zimbardo 68 -- Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship / Marion Zimmer Bradley 76 -- Tolkien and the Fairy Story / R. J. Reilly 93 -- Folktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Story / J. S. Ryan 106 -- Frodo and Aragorn: The Concept of the Hero / Verlyn Flieger 122 -- Middle-earth: An Imaginary World? / Paul Kocher 146 -- Tolkien: Archetype and Word / Patrick Grant 163 -- Myth, History, and Time in The Lord of the Rings / Lionel Basney 183 -- Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic / Jane Chance 195 -- Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy / Tom Shippey 233.

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Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)

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