Tolkien, race, and cultural history
Subtitle: from fairies to Hobbits
By: Dimitra Fimi.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780230219519
Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation; Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 -- Knowledge and learning; Literature and folklore -- England -- History -- 20th century; Fantasy literature, English -- History and criticism; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Myth in literature; Race in literature; Culture in literature
Description: "Tolkien, Race and Cultural History explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology by examining how it changed as a result of Tolkien's life story and contemporary cultural and intellectual history. The book considers Tolkien's creative writing as an ever-developing 'legendarium': an interconnected web of stories, poems and essays, from his early poems in the 1910s to his latest writings in the early 1970s. Consequently, the book is not restricted to a discussion of Tolkien's best-known works only (The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion), but examines the whole corpus of his legendarium, including the 12-volume History of Middle-earth series, which has received little attention from critics."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.