num_pages: 347
description: A world-renowned Tolkien scholar presents readers with a fascinating companion to the major works of J.R.R. Tolkien, offering a critical analysis of The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map--a reaction to the origin and nature of evil.
language: English
title: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
titlecomplete: J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
genres: Biography, Writing, Literature, Criticism, British Literature, Nonfiction, History, Literary Criticism, Books About Books, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 5489
awards: awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire
category: prix spécial du jury, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt