Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World
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| Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World | |
|---|---|
| Author | Randel Helms |
| Publisher | Granada |
| Released | 1974 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 142 |
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.
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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
- "I Desired Dragons": The development of a theory of fantasy
- Tolkien's Leaf: The Hobit and the discovery of a world
- The Hobbit as Swain: A world of myth
- Frodo Anti-Faust: The Lord of the Rings as contemporary muthology
- Tolkien's World: The structure and aesthetic of The Lord of the Rings
- The Myth Allegorized: Tolkien's minor prose
- Last Gleanings from the Red Book: Scholarly parody in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index
