The Keys of Middle-earth [electronic resource] : Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien /
Lee, Stuart.author.
Solopova, Elizabeth.author.
A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion , The Hobbit , and The Lord of the Rings , medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1 How to Use This Book""; ""2 Introduction""; ""2.1 Background""; ""2.2 Medieval literature and language: the basics""; ""2.3 Specific medieval languages and literatures""; ""2.4 Thematic and technical parallels""; ""3 The Editions""; ""4 TheTexts""; ""The Silmarillion""; ""4.1 Túrin Turambar ? the Kalevala, ?The Cowbone Whistle? (S, ?Of Túrin Turambar?)""; ""4.2 Eärendil ? Christ I, ll. 104?29 (S, ?The Voyage of Eärendil?)""; ""The Hobbit""
""4.3 Gandalf and the Dwarves ? Vo?luspá, stanzas 9?16 (TH, ?An Unexpected Party?)""""4.4 Bilbo and Gollum?s Riddle-Game ? Solomon and Saturn II, ll. 47?68 and 104?23;  Vafþrúðnismál;  and two Old English riddles (TH, ?Riddles in the Dark?)""; ""4.5 Bilbo meets Smaug ? Beowulf, ll. 2207?311 (TH, ?Inside Information?)""; ""The Lord of the Rings""; ""4.6 The Elves at Rivendell ? Sir Orfeo, ll.117?94 (FR, ?Many Meetings?;  TH, ?A Short Rest? and ?Flies and Spiders?)""; ""4.7 Legolas?s ?Lament of the Stones? ? The Ruin (FR, ?The Ring Goes South?)""
""4.8 The Fight at Balin?s Tomb ? The Fight at Finnsburg and ?Cynewulf and Cyneheard? (FR, ?The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm?)""""4.9 The Crossing of the Nimrodel ? Pearl, ll. 61?180 (FR, ?Lothlórien?)""; ""4.10 Boromir?s Death ? Beowulf, ll. 26?52 (TT, ?The Departure of Boromir?)""; ""4.11 Treebeard?s List ? Maxims II (TT, ?Treebeard?)""; ""4.12 The Rohirrim ? The Wanderer and Beowulf, ll. 306?70 (TT, ?The King of the Golden Hall?)""
""4.13 The Battle of Pelennor Fields, the Death of Théoden, and the Arrival of the Mûmakil ? The Battle of Maldon, ll. 111?84, Ælfric?s Homily on the Maccabees, ll. 499?519, and Jordanes, Getica, XXXVIII (197) ? XLI (217) (RK, ?The Battle of Pelennor Fields?)""""4.14 The Landscape of Mordor ? Beowulf, ll. 1345?82 and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ll. 713?63 (RK, ?The Land of Shadow?)""; ""4.15 The final journey ? The Seafarer (RK, ?The Grey Havens?)""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A comprehensive introduction to the medieval languages and texts that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth. Using key episodes in The Silmarillion , The Hobbit , and The Lord of the Rings , medieval texts are presented in their original language with translations. Essential for those who wish to delve deeper into the background to Tolkien's mythology.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
Literature, Medieval.
British literature.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
English language.
Motion pictures-United States.
Fiction.
Medieval Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
English.
American Cinema and TV.
Fiction.