Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism

Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism presents fourteen scholarly and critical essays, both early and contemporary, on J.R.R. Tolkien and themes of The Lord of the Rings. Compiled by professors Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs, it was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2004.
Some essays featured had been in Tolkien and the Critics, a collection by Isaacs and Zimbardo released in 1968. The final essay, by Tom Shippey, addresses Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
== Essays ==
* C.S. Lewis, "The Dethronement of Power"
* Edmund Fuller, "The Lord of the Hobbits: J.R.R. Tolkien"
* W.H. Auden, "The Quest Hero"
* Patricia Meyer Spacks, Power and Meaning in The Lord of the Rings"
* Rose A. Zimbardo, "Moral Vision in The Lord of the Rings"
* Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship"
* R.J. Reilly, "Tolkien and the Fairy Story"
* J.S. Ryan, "Folktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Story"
* Verlyn Flieger, "Frodo and Aragorn: The Concept of the Hero"
* Paul Kocher, "Middle-earth: An Imaginary World?"
* Patrick Grant, "Tolkien: Archetype and Word"
* Lionel Basney, "Myth, History, and Time in The Lord of the Rings"
* Jane Chance, "The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic"
* Tom Shippey, "Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy"
== External links ==
* Understanding The Lord of the Rings at Barnes & Noble
* Understanding The Lord of the Rings at Amazon.com
== See also ==
* Middle-earth and Beyond
* J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
* Tolkien: A Celebration
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