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'''''The Nature of Middle-earth''''' is a | '''''The Nature of Middle-earth''''' is a book by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], edited by [[Carl F. Hostetter]].<ref name=Frankfurt>{{webcite|author=[[HarperCollins]]|articleurl=http://d2aa8wn3bug3i3.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/10/23155325/Frankfurt-Bookfair-Fiction-Rights-Guide-2019.pdf|articlename=Frankfurt Bookfair Fiction Rights Guide 2019|dated=|website=|accessed=21 June 2020}}</ref> | ||
==From the publisher== | ==From the publisher== |
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Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
Editor | Carl F. Hostetter |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Released | 2 September 2021[1] |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 400 |
ISBN | 978-0-00-838792-1 |
The Nature of Middle-earth is a book by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Carl F. Hostetter.[2]
From the publisher
The first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide-range of subjects, and the perfect next read for those who have enjoyed Unfinished Tales and the History of Middle-earth series and are hungry for more.
The Nature of Middle-earth will comprise numerous late (c. 1959-73) and previously unpublished writings by J.R.R. Tolkien on the “nature” of Middle- earth, in both chief senses of that word: both metaphysical and natural/historical.
It is for Tolkien fans, readers, and scholars interested in learning more about Tolkien’s own views on Middle-earth. It will appeal in particular to those readers who enjoyed Unfinished Tales, and some of the later volumes of the History of Middle-earth. Indeed, many of the texts to be included are closely associated with materials published in those places, and were sent to Hostetter, specifically, in photocopy by Christopher Tolkien for potential publication.
Much as Unfinished Tales forms an unofficial thirteenth volume of the History of Middle-earth, this new book will sit very nicely alongside as an unofficial 14th volume. Of particular note, given the impending Amazon series, are several texts detailing the lands, flora, and fauna of Númenor, and the lives of Númenóreans.[2]
Contents
- Foreword
- Editorial Practices
- Abbreviations & Conventions
- Part One: Time and Ageing
- Introduction
- The Valian Year
- Valinorian Time-Divisions
- Of the Time in Arda
- Time-scales
- Natural Youth and Growth of the Quendi
- The Awaking of the Quendi
- The March of the Quendi
- Eldarin Traditions Concerning the "Awakening"
- Time-scales and Rates of Growth
- Difficulties in Chronology
- Ageing of Elves
- Concerning the Quendi in their Mode of Life and Growth
- Key Dates
- Calculation of the Increase of the Quendi
- A Generational Scheme
- Note on the Youth of Growth of the Quendi
- Generational Schemes
- Elvish Ages & Númenórean
- Elvish Life-cycles
- Time and its Perception
- Notes on Elvish Time-reference
- A Fragment from The Annals of Aman
- A Fragment from The Grey Annals
- Part Two: Body, Mind and Spirit
- Introduction
- Beauty and Goodness
- Gender and Sex
- Eldarin Hands, Fingers, and Numerals
- Hair
- Beards
- Descriptions of Characters
- Mind-Pictures
- Knowledge and Memory
- Ósanwe-kenta
- Notes on Órë
- Fate and Free Will
- The Knowledge of the Valar
- Spirit
- The Visible Forms of the Valar and Maiar
- Elvish Reincarnation
- From The Statute of Finwë and Míriel
- Death
- Part Three: The World, its Lands, and its Inhabitants
- Introduction
- Dark and Light
- The Primal Impulse
- Powers of the Valar
- The Making of Lembas
- Note on Elvish Economy
- Dwellings in Middle-earth
- The Founding of Nargothrond
- Manwë's Ban
- Elvish Journeys on Horseback
- Rider to "The White Rider"
- Lives of the Númenóreans
- The Ageing of Númenóreans
- Of the Land and Beasts of Númenor
- Note on the Consumption of Mushrooms
- The Númenórean Catastrophe & End of "Physical" Aman
- Galadriel and Celeborn
- Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish
- Note on the Delay of Gil-galad and the Númenóreans
- Note on Dwarvish Voices
- Note on the Dwarf Road
- From The Hunt for the Ring
- The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor
- Appendices
- Metaphysical and Theological Themes
- Glossary and Index of Quenya Terms
- Index
References
- ↑ "The Nature of Middle-earth", HarperCollins (accessed 1 September 2021)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 HarperCollins, "Frankfurt Bookfair Fiction Rights Guide 2019", (accessed 21 June 2020)