Choice
Highly recommended as a serious critical study of Tolkiens works.
Book Description
J.R.R. Tolkiens zeal for medieval literary, religious, and cultural ideas deeply influenced his entire life and provided the seeds for his own fiction. In Tolkiens Art, Chance discusses not only such classics as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, but focuses on his minor works as well, outlining in detail the sources and influencesfrom pagan epic to Christian legend-that formed the foundation of Tolkiens masterpieces, his mythology for England.
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