Understanding The lord of the rings : (Record no. 93901)

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LC control number 2004047274
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Geographic area code e-uk-en
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Classification number PR 6039 .O32
Item number L63775 2004
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Title Understanding The lord of the rings :
Remainder of title the best of Tolkien criticism /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Rose A. Zimbardo and Neil D. Isaacs.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Boston :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Houghton Mifflin,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 294 p. ;
Dimensions 22 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Publisher's description: When first published, The Lord of the Rings stood far from the mainstream: no one had seen anything like it for decades. Tolkien's almost stridently antimodern tale needed valiant defenders, vocal admirers who understood its sources and relished its monumental scale. While such champions of modernism as Edmund Wilson mocked Tolkien's archaic structure and language, W. H. Auden -- a great modernist poet in his own right -- rose to his defense with a spirited essay on the true nature of the Hero Quest. Edmund Fuller's essay collected here discusses the nature of the fairy tale, returning to the roots of the term to remove the treacle of Disney and restore the value of realistic enchantment. Tolkien's friend C. S. Lewis takes up the question of why, if you have a serious comment to make about real life, you would drape it in a never-never land of your own. He shrewdly argues that it is because real life does have mythic and heroic qualities -- in abundance. This collection also includes, among others, essays by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Verlyn Flieger, Paul Kocher, Jane Chance, and each of the editors, as well as a brand-new essay by Tom Shippey that shows us how to process all this vast learning, adding to it the many delights of the film versions of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, so we can relish his achievement all the more.
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Personal name Tolkien, J. R. R.
Fuller form of name (John Ronald Reuel),
Dates associated with a name 1892-1973.
Title of a work Lord of the rings.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Fantasy fiction, English
General subdivision History and criticism.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
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Personal name Zimbardo, Rose A.
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Personal name Isaacs, Neil D.,
Dates associated with a name 1931-
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   PR 6039 .O32 L63775 2004 98620827 10/28/2025 25.00 10/28/2025 Book