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Author:

Venkatesh, Krishnan, author.

Title:

Frodo's wound : why The lord of the rings is a great book / Krishnan Venkatesh.

Publisher:

Mercer University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

256 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J. R. R.)
Tolkien, J. R. R.--(John Ronald Reuel),--1892-1973.--Lord of the rings.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

32. Adult Consolations: Tolkien on Fantasy. 1. Midway in the Journey of Our Life -- 2. On Getting Lost -- 3. "Who Is Tom Bombadil?" -- 4. Uncles -- 5. Lyric and Heroic -- 6. Samwise the Wise -- 7. Tolkien the Terrible -- 8. Gollum, Soul of the Book -- 9. The Fuzzy Distance -- 10. The Balrog: Dread from the Depths -- 11. Lothlorien: The Worst Wound -- pt. 2 THE TWO TOWERS -- 12. A Haze of Gold -- 13. The Love of Trees -- 14. The Art of Writing Terrain -- 15. "The World Is Gnawed by Nameless Things" -- 16. Tolkien the Terrible (2) -- 17. Tolkien's Subtlety -- 18. Frodo's Laughter -- 19. "An Evil Thing in Spider-Form" -- pt. 3 THE RETURN OF THE KING -- 20. The Art of the "Meanwhile" -- 21. "The Insupportable Weight of Middle-earth" -- 22. "A Hutch to Trammel Some Wild Thing In" -- 23. Denethor the Asura -- 24. Athelas: A Cure for Spiritual Sickness -- 25. Why Tolkien Is so Enjoyable to Read Aloud -- 26. Mount Doom: Climax or Anticlimax? -- 27. For Eowyn, a Trammel? -- 28. Ceremonial Heroism -- 29. Multiple Endings -- 30. Frodo's Wound -- 31. Sam's Deep Breath: The Exquisite Ending -- 32. Adult Consolations: Tolkien on Fantasy.

ISBN:

9780881468014
0881468010

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1258656599

Locations:

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