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'''Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World''', often (even on the book itself) just called '''Tolkien's World''', is a [[1974]] book by [[Randal Helms]].
'''Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World''', often (even on the book itself) just called '''Tolkien's World''', is a [[1974]] book by [[Randel Helms]].


==Back cover==
==Back cover==

Revision as of 19:01, 23 June 2009

Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World
AuthorRandel Helms
PublisherGranada
Released1974
FormatPaperback
Pages142

Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World, often (even on the book itself) just called Tolkien's World, is a 1974 book by Randel Helms.

Back cover

Tolkien's magical world of Middle-earth - a land inhabited by tobacco-smoking, ale-brewing, Halfling superheroes, eon-old Elven kings, chanting time-travellers, messianic wizards and satanic war-lords - remains unparalleled in its scope and vision and unsurpassed in its appeal and fascination for countless millions of people of all ages the world over.

Now, in this long-awaited study, Professor Helms shows how the master story-teller succeeded in combining a scholarly knowledge of traditional mythological literature with an imaginative genius to create fantasy epics of universal significance.

Table of Contents

  • Tolkien's World: An Introduction
  1. "I Desired Dragons": The development of a theory of fantasy
  2. Tolkien's Leaf: The Hobit and the discovery of a world
  3. The Hobbit as Swain: A world of myth
  4. Frodo Anti-Faust: The Lord of the Rings as contemporary muthology
  5. Tolkien's World: The structure and aesthetic of The Lord of the Rings
  6. The Myth Allegorized: Tolkien's minor prose
  7. Last Gleanings from the Red Book: Scholarly parody in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Index
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