Tolkien's World (by Randel Helms)

Tolkien's World is a study by scholar Randel Helms of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythic development, examining themes that permeate Tolkien's lectures and stories, primarily that of heroism. Published in 1974 by Houghton Mifflin, the book was of the first generation of Tolkienian secondary literature. One reviewer states that "Helms explains all in terms nonscholars can understand".
Helms covers The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien's lectures on Beowulf and fairy stories, his minor prose works "Smith of Wootton Major" and "Leaf by Niggle", and lastly The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
== Table of contents ==
* "I Desired Dragons" - Development of a Theory of Fantasy
* Tolkien's Leaf - The Hobbit and the Discovery of a World
* The Hobbit as Swain - A World of Myth
* Frodo Anti-Faust - The Lord of the Rings as Contemporary Mythology
* Tolkien's World - The Structure and Aesthetic of The Lord of the Rings
* The Myth Allegorized - Tolkien's Minor Prose
* Last Gleanings from the Red Book - Scholarly Parody in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
* Afterword
* Index
== External links ==
* Tolkien's World at Goodreads.com
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