Tolkien's art
Subtitle: a mythology for England
By: Jane Chance.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 -- Knowledge -- England.; Fantasy literature, English -- History and criticism.; Epic literature, English -- History and criticism.; Medievalism -- England -- History -- 20th century.; Mythology, Germanic, in literature.; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Fairy tales in literature.; Mythology in literature.; England -- In literature.
Description: "As a scholar of medieval literature and a lover of Germanic and Finnish mythologies in particular, J. R. R. Tolkien was "grieved by the poverty" of legend and myth in his own beloved culture. Inspired by works like Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Tolkien's fiction relied on both pagan epic and Christian legend to create a mythology for England evident in both his major works of fiction like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and his minor stories and critical essays.

Revised and expanded, Jane Chance's study examines the sources and influences of Tolkien's works as well as the paradigm of the critic as monster that colors so many of his writings."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: The critic as monster: Tolkien's lectures, prefaces, and foreword; title: The king under the mountain: Tolkien's children's story; title: The Christian king: Tolkien's fairy-stories; title: The Germanic lord: Tolkien's medieval parodies; title: The lord of the rings: Tolkien's epic; title: The creator of the Silmarils: Tolkien's "Book of lost tales."