Tolkien in the land of heroes : discovering the human spirit /
What you have in your hands is a book about ideas and attitudes. Specifically, it's a collection of related essays about the grand themes that run though the works of J.R.R. Tolkien - the nature of evil, the use and abuse of power, the joys and sorrows of living, the need for heroes both great...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY :
Cold Spring Press,
[2003]
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| Summary: | What you have in your hands is a book about ideas and attitudes. Specifically, it's a collection of related essays about the grand themes that run though the works of J.R.R. Tolkien - the nature of evil, the use and abuse of power, the joys and sorrows of living, the need for heroes both great and small. In these pages we'll have a look at what was on Tolkien's mind during his productive years as a fiction writer - no small task - but by organizing the book around these few large "umbrella" themes, the job becomes more manageable. The major themes of society are all there, traced across the topography of Middle-earth and its connected environments. - Publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 327 pages ; 22 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1892975998 9781892975997 |