Title: Tolkien, race, and cultural history
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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Culture in literature, English Fantasy literature, Fantasy literature, English, History, History and criticism, Knowledge and learning, Literature and folklore, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Myth in literature, Race in literature, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, Mythology in literature, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Genres & literary forms, Folklore & mythology, General & miscellaneous literary criticism, English literature
Places: England
People: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
Time periods: 20th century