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The Road to Middle-Earth
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The Road to Middle-Earth (2003) (edit title/settings)

How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology

by T. A. Shippey (Author) (edit contributors)

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The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey"s classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien"s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien"s professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a timeless charm for millions of... read more

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'This is not a work that many adults will read right through more than once.'

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1. 'Lit. and Lang.'
2. Philological Inquiries
3. The Bourgeois Burglar
4. A Cartographic Plot
5. Interlacements and the Ring
6. 'When All Out Fathers Worshipped Stocks and Stones'
7. Visions and Revisions
8. 'On the Cold Hill's Side'
9. 'The Course of Actual Composition'
Afterword
Appendix A: Tolkien's Sources: The True Tradition
Appendix B: Four 'Asterisk' Poems
Notes

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  1. T. A. Shippey (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Mariner Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 24, 2003
ISBN: 978-0618257607
Page Count: 416 pages

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