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Myth and Middle Earth: Exploring the Legends Behind J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" - Tapa blanda

Jones, Leslie Ellen

 
9781892975812: Myth and Middle Earth: Exploring the Legends Behind J.R.R.Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"
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ISBN 10: 1892975815 ISBN 13: 9781892975812
Editorial: Cold Spring Press, 2002

Sinopsis

J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction, especially "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", made him a world-renowned fantasy writer. These tales were based on Tolkien's personal mythology of a place he called Middle-Earth, but Middle-Earth was strongly influenced by the myths and legends of Dark Age Europe that Tolkien studied professionally as a professor at Oxford University. This title takes a popular - not academic - look at the mythic world and mythic themes that inspired Tolkien, not only the Germanic and Norse mythology that most experts discuss, but also Celtic and Finnish myths. It talks of the journeys and quests that inspired Tolkien, dragon myths, beliefs in supernatural, non-human races such as dwarves and elves, the role and function of the warrior, the nature of heroism and more.

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Acerca del autor

Leslie Ellen Jones is an especially well-qualified guide to Tolkien's mythological roots, holding a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology Studies from UCLA with a specialization in comparative and Celtic mythology. She has written extensively on modern uses of mythology in popular fiction, film, and television, teaches a course on Tolkien and his work for Barnes and Noble Online University, and is the author of a forthcoming biography of Tolkien (Greenwood Press, Summer 2002, title not finalized yet).

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Editorial
Cold Spring Press
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1892975815
ISBN 13 
9781892975812
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Número de páginas
224
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