MYTHOLOGY OF MIDDLE EARTH [Hardcover]

Atanielle Annyn Rowland (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 198 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; First Edition edition (February 14, 1977)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395250064
• ISBN-13: 978-0395250068
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,822,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, if you are starting your search here, March 7, 2001

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This review is from: MYTHOLOGY OF MIDDLE EARTH (Hardcover)

This book is a good start for those interested in the basics of Tolkien's mythological influences. It is simply written and easy to understand for the average reader. However, for those who are looking for a more in-depth analysis of Tolkien's use of myth and relation to the more obscure texts the Professor worked with, this very well might be a rehashing of already known material. Some attention is, appropriately, given to the universality if certain mythic themes, characters, and occurences.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mythology of Middle-Earth, August 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Mythology of Middle-Earth. (Hardcover)

I found this shallow and brief in its analysis and written in an annoyingly choppy style. It didn't appear to have been produced by a serious scholar of folklore/mythology.

There have got to be better studies out there.