The Road to Middle-earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien created a New Mythology

The Road to Middle-earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien created a New Mythology, by Tom Shippey, is a thorough "diachronic"J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, Foreword, xxvii analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy works from the perspective of a fellow philologist; last revised in 2003, and first published by Allen & Unwin in 1982. It is regarded a hallmark of Tolkien scholarship.
It preceded J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century, a book by Shippey for a slightly wider readership.
Two editions by HarperCollins, released in 1997 and 2005, feature cover illustrations by Alan Lee.
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