The lord of the rings
Subtitle: the mythology of power
By: Jane Chance.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973.; Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 -- Political and social views.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Political fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Power (Social sciences) in literature.; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Myth in literature.
Description: "An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the modern world. Jane Chance's critical appraisal of Tolkien's heroic masterwork is the first to explore its "mythology of power" - that is, how power, politics, and language interact.

Chance looks beyond the fantastic, self-contained world of Middle-earth to the twentieth-century parallels presented in the trilogy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-[152]) and index.