The History of Middle-earth traces the evolution of J.R.R. Tolkien's literary world, stories, and characters from their earliest written forms to the final revisions Tolkien penned shortly before his death in 1973. Published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher, the extensively detailed 12-volume work allows readers to follow the development of the texts that eventually became Tolkien's immensely popular The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings, The Silmarillion, and Unfinished Tales. This work provides a thorough study of Tolkien's life and influences through an analysis of The History of Middle-earth. The work begins with a brief biography and an analysis of the major influences in Tolkien's life. Following chapters deal with elements common to Tolkien's popular works, including the cosmogony, theogony, cosmology, metaphysics, and eschatology of Middle-earth. The study also reviews some of the myths with which Tolkien was most familiar--Greek, Roman, Finnish, and Norse--and reveals the often overlapping relationship between mythology, biblical stories, and Tolkien's popular works.
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"A most valuable...handbook." --SFRA Review
"Relatively little attention has been focused on the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth...a very useful teaching and reference tool...stresses the enormous role that Tolkien's readers had in prompting him to rethink, revise and refine some of the more complex elements of his mythology" --Tolkien Studies
"Welcome...a weighty contribution to Tolkien commentary." --St. Austin Review
"Relatively little attention has been focused on the twelve volumes of The History of Middle-earth...a very useful teaching and reference tool...stresses the enormous role that Tolkien's readers had in prompting him to rethink, revise and refine some of the more complex elements of his mythology" --Tolkien Studies
"Welcome...a weighty contribution to Tolkien commentary." --St. Austin Review
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Elizabeth A. Whittingham teaches in the English department at SUNY College at Brockport in Brockport, New York.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville.
C.W. Sullivan III is also in the English department at East Carolina University.
Donald E. Palumbo is a professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. He lives in Greenville.
C.W. Sullivan III is also in the English department at East Carolina University.
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