Tolkien
Subtitle: A Cultural Phenomenon, 2nd Edition
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403915979
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Tolkien, J. R. R; History and criticism; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Literary Criticism & Collections / Science Fiction; Literary Criticism-English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Performing Arts-Film & Video - History & Criticism; Criticism and interpretation; (John Ronald Reuel),; 1892-1973; Fantasy literature, English; Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
First sentence: In The Lord of the Rings, the work of his prime (it was begun in 1937, his forty-sixth year, and published in 1954-55), Tolkien realised for the first and only time the full potential of his creative imagination.