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02891aam a2200325Mi 4500 001 D68A8F96EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140603010131 008 131122s2013 enka e b 001 0deng 020 $a 1137373636 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137373632 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)865062444 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d YDXCP $d EYM $d SILO 050 4 $a PR6039.O32 $b Z81365 2013 082 04 $a 823.912 $2 23 100 1 $a Roberts, Adam $q (Adam Charles), $e author. 245 14 $a The riddles of The hobbit / $c Adam Roberts. 260 $a Basingstoke : $b Palgrave macmillan, $c 2013. 300 $a vi, 186 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Anglo-Saxon riddleworld -- Cynewulf and the Exeter Book -- Riddles in the dark -- The puzzle of the two hobbits -- The riddle of Bilbo's pocket -- The riddle of the ring -- The Lord of the rings and the riddle of writing -- The Volsung riddle : character in Tolkien -- The enigma of genre fantasy -- ...And back again? 520 $a Riddles have lost none of their power over us: we are as fascinated by mysteries, from sudoko to whodunnits, from jokes to philosophical conundrums. The Hobbit is a book threaded through with riddles; most obviously in its central Riddles in the Dark chapter, but everywhere else too. What is a burrahobbit? How many versions of the Hobbit are there? What is the buried secret in the nine riddles Bilbo and Gollum swap between one another? What are Ents? Dragons? Wizards? What is the magic of the magic ring? All these questions, and more, are answered in this book, the first critical engagement with Tolkien's great novel to take the riddle seriously as a key structuring principle of the novel. Riddles are more than a diverting pastime; they are expressive and beguiling rebuses that touch on larger mysteries, powerful questions and paradoxes also embodied in the Catholicism that informed so much of Tolkien's imaginative life. Ringing widely across Tolkien's creative life, this book explores the importance of riddles to the Anglo Saxon and Norse cultures that inspired him, and discusses scores of riddles offering more than one answer for each. This is a critical study of the playful aspect of a great writer that takes his playfulness seriously; it explores and embodies ingenuity; and comes to some original and startling new conclusions. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973. $t Hobbit. 650 0 $a Riddles in literature. 650 0 $a English fiction $x History and criticism $y 20th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180118063535.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826083811.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D68A8F96EAE411E387729F9EDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search