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Author:

Shippey, T. A.

Title:

The road to Middle-earth : [How J.R.R. Tolken created a new mythology] / Tom Shippey.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Co.,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xviii, 398 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel),--1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation.
Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel),--1892-1973--Knowledge and learning.
Fantasy literature, English--History and criticism.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Myth in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-379) and index.

Contents:

'Lit. and lang.' -- Philological inquiries -- Bourgeois burglar -- Cartographic plot -- Interlacements and the ring -- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones -- Visions and revisions -- On the cold hill's side -- Course of actual composition -- Afterword -- Tolkien's sources : the true tradition -- Four 'asterisk' poems.

ISBN:

9780618257607
0618257608

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51855017

LCCN:

2003042349

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word Seminary - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)