Tolkien
Subtitle: man and myth
By: Joseph Pearce.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780898708257; 9780898707113
Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.; Anglicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Fantasy literature -- Authorship.; Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-232) and indexes.
"First published in Great Britain in 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: A misunderstood man: Tolkien and the modern world; title: Cradle convert to the grave: the child behind the myth; title: Father Francis to Father Christmas: the father behind the myth; title: True myth: Tolkien and the conversion of C.S. Lewis; title: A ring of fellowship: Tolkien, Lewis, and the Inklings; title: The creation of Middle Earth: the myth behind the man; title: Orthodoxy in Middle Earth: the truth behind the myth; title: The well and the shallows: Tolkien and the critics; title: Tolkien as Hobbit: the Englishman behind the myth; title: Approaching Mount Doom: Tolkien's final years; title: Epilogue: Above all shadows rides the sun; title: Index of characters and places in Tolkien's Middle Earth