The Monsters and the Critics: And Other Essays. J.R.R. Tolkien
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 026110263X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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His books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. . About the Author J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays
His books have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide. . J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays
"Tolkien without hobbits" according to rd. I recently bought and read Tolkien's translation of Beowulf, and found Tolkien's notes to the text wonderfully illuminating. When I saw this volume on offer, I really wanted to see what more he had to say and was not in the least disappointed. The lectures/essays presented in this volume are centered on medieval literature (Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), but in one case deals with "invented" lan. For the scholar or the Tolkien fan Greg Camp This book has the essay that is the reason why we still read Beowulf, namely, Beowulf: The Monsters and Critics. That Old English poem was largely ignored by anyone other than specialists in the language until Tolkien explained to the world the wonders to be found therein. We who work with classic literature know this, but here's a chance for the fan who knows this author only through The Hobbit or The Lord. Colleen O'SEP said Good stuff for the serious student of Tolkien. This book is hard to find in the US, and in fact, my copy was sent from the UK. But, it was well worth it. This is a collection of Tolkien's essays and lectures on diverse topics - Beowulf; On Faerie Stories; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; English and Welsh, and others. None of them are for the casual reader But if you're really a serious student of Tolkien, his works, and/or philology, they're extremely
Complete collection of Tolkien's essays, including two on Beowulf, which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years after The Lord of the Rings. Two of them are concerned with Beowulf, including the well-known lecture whose title is taken for this book, and one with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, given in the University of Glasgow in 1953. The pieces in this collection cover a period of nearly thirty years, beginning six years before the publication of The Hobbit, with a unique 'academic' lecture on his invention (calling it A Secret Vice) and concluding with his farewell to professorship, five years after the publication of The Lord of the Rings.. Tolkien assembled in this new paperback edition were with one exception delivered as general lectures on particular occasions; and while they mostly arose out of Tolkien's work in medieval literature, they are accessible to all. Most famous of all is On Fairy-Stories, a discussion of the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy, which gives insight into Tolkien's ap