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Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology

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Interrupted music is an excellent study of the way in which Tolkien created his mythology. It differs, however, from her other studies in that is more of a description of a progress than really an in-depth study of Tolkien's work. It thus doesn't really give new insights in Tolkien's books. Therefor I would strongly recommend 'splintered light' as the most valuable of Flieger's works, and 'a question of time' as a good second choice.

I like Verlyn Flieger's works on Tolkien very much. I've read her other two books and was impressed with them as well. This particular volume concentrates more on the 'Silmarillion' than on the 'Lord of the Rings', but still gives a very good overview for the serious Tolkien student. Recommended for anyone looking for a good, scholarly, discussion on Tolkien, his worldview, and his creative process, with emphasis on the First Age - but not to exclude those who are primarily interested in the events of the Third Age, as Ms. Flieger ties all three ages together well in her discussion.

Yes,the previous reviewer is correct, this is a treatment of the sources for the Tolkien legendarium. Reading it at the same time I was reading "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" made the latter come even more alive. And having just read a couple of other critical works (Randall Helms' book most recently) gave me some meat to chew over as I read Professor Flieger's book. I have her other works and will be reading them as well.