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050	0	0	_aPR 6039 .O32 _bZ824 2003
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100	1		_aShippey, T. A.
245	1	4	_aThe road to Middle-earth : _bHow J.R.R. Tolken created a new mythology / _cTom Shippey.
250			_aRev. and expanded ed.
260			_aBoston : _bHoughton Mifflin Co., _c2003.
300			_axviii, 398 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 362-379) and index.
505	0		_aAcknowledgements and abbreviations -- Preface to the revised and expanded edition -- Lit. and lang. -- Philological inquiries -- Bourgeois burglar -- Cartographic plot -- Interlacements and the ring -- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones -- Visions and revisions -- On the cold hill's side -- Course of actual composition -- Afterword -- Tolkien's sources : the true tradition -- Four asterisk poems.
520	1		_a"The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey's classic work, now revised and expanded 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 create a timeless charm for millions of readers. He argues convincingly that the source of Tolkien's inspiration lay not just in his love of fable but in his love of language. While examining the foundations and literary structures of Tolkien's most popular work, The Lord of the Rings, in rich detail, Shippey also discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien's great myth cycle, showing how the more "difficult" books can be fully appreciated. He goes on to examine the remarkable twelve-volume History of Middle-earth, written by Tolkien's son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes by which Middle-earth evolved."--Jacket.
600	1	0	_aTolkien, J. R. R. _q(John Ronald Reuel), _d1892-1973 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aTolkien, J. R. R. _q(John Ronald Reuel), _d1892-1973 _xKnowledge and learning.
650		0	_aFantasy literature, English _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aMiddle Earth (Imaginary place)
650		0	_aMyth in literature.
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