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Writers and Their Work Ser.: J. R. R. Tolkien by Charles Moseley (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLiverpool University Press

ISBN-100746307497

ISBN-139780746307496

eBay Product ID (ePID)616233

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJ. R. R. Tolkien

SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, General

Publication Year1997

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorCharles Moseley

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

SeriesWriters and Their Work Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight12.3 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal823.9/12

SynopsisTolkien did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 1960s his books, particularly Lord of the Rings, became a political badge and an interpretative text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and Tolkien - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writing, film, video- and board-game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received., Tolkien was a specialist in a recherché field. He did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 60s his books, particularly Lord of the Rings , became a political badge and an interpretative text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and "Tolkien" - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writing, film, video- and board-game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received. Dr Moseley's critical discussion examines Tolkien's view of fiction as "sub-creation", exploring his analysis of mythopoeia and of the status of art and literature in relation to his own practice. It is argued that in the critical concerns of Tolkien and his circle lie the key to important issues in his fiction. His use of linguistic game and literary pastiche is explored without obscuring his emotional commitment to the making of myths that expressed some of his deepest fears of the world he experienced.