Description
Product ID: | 9780230272842 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Tolkien, Race and Cultural History |
Subtitle: | From Fairies to Hobbits |
Authors: | Author: Dimitra Fimi |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Fimi explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story and contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's imaginative vision and contextualises his fiction. This book, now in paperback, explores the evolution of Tolkien''s mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story, contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien''s vision and contextualizes his fiction. |
Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2008-11-20 |