J.R.R. Tolkien's The hobbit
By: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Bloom's Literary Criticism
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617530036
Subjects: Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Other titles: Tolkien's The hobbit; Hobbit
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Biographical sketch; title: The story behind the story; title: List of characters; title: Summary and analysis; title: Critical views; title: Katharyn W. Crabbe on the quest as fairy tale; title: Brian Rosebury on the novel as a transitional work in Tolkien's development; title: Humphrey Carpenter on Bilbo Baggins; title: William H. Green on The hobbit as victorian adventure novel; title: Perry C. Bramlett on The hobbit as children's literature; title: Colin Duriez on physical and spiritual journeys; title: Tom Shippey on sources, origins, and modernizing the past; title: Jaime Albero Poveda on narrative models in Tolkien's fiction; title: K.S. Whetter and R. Andrew McDonald on sword imagery; title: Elizabeth A. Whittingham on the influence of family on Tolkien; title: Works by J.R.R. Tolkien; title: Annotated bibliography.