There and back again : J.R.R. Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit /

Mark Atherton here explores the chief influences on Tolkien's work, including his boyhood in the West Midlands, the landscapes and seascapes which shaped his mythologies, his experiences in World War I, his interest in Scandinavian myth, his friendships, especially with the other Oxford-based I...

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Main Author: Atherton, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; 2012.
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