J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Edition: New ed.
Series: Bloom's modern critical interpretations
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781604131451
Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
Other titles: Lord of the rings
Description: This book, a collection of contemporary criticism on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," contains essays by Michael Moorcock, Jane Chance, Michael N. Stanton, Mark T. Hooker, Jared Lobdell, Marjorie Burns, Andrew Lynch, Sue Zlosnik, Verlyn Flieger, Mary R. Bowman, and Nancy Enright.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epic pooh / Michael Moorcock; title: "Queer" hobbits: the problem of difference in the shire / Jane Chance; title: Mind, spirit, and dream in The lord of the rings / Michael N. Stanton; title: Frodo's batman / Mark T. Hooker; title: In the far northwest of the old world / Jared Lobdell; title: Spiders and evil red eyes : the shadow sides of Gandalf and Galadriel / Marjorie Burns; title: Archaism, nostalgia, and Tennysonian war in The lord of the rings / Andrew Lynch; title: Gothic echoes / Sue Zlosnik; title: Tolkien and the idea of the book / Verlyn Flieger; title: The story was already written : narrative theory in The lord of the rings / Mary R. Bowman; title: Tolkien's females and the defining of power / Nancy Enright.