J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances
Subtitle: Views of Middle-earth (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)
Contributors: George Clark (Editor); Daniel Timmons (Editor)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: September 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780313308451
Subjects: Fantasy; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Literary Criticism & Collections / Science Fiction; (John Ronald Reuel),; 1892-1973; Criticism and interpretation; Fantasy fiction, English; History and criticism; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Tolkien, J. R. R; Tolkien, J. R. R.
First sentence: "There is something about Tolkien's art which eludes the conventional strategies of contemporary criticism, even when these are deployed with sympathy and patience."