J.R.R. Tolkien

Guide for the Perplexed

By: Toby Widdicombe

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Paperback | 14 November 2019

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With his richly detailed world of Middle Earth and the epic tales he told around it, J.R.R. Tolkien invented the modern fantasy novel. For readers and students getting to grips with this world for the first time, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed is an essential guide to the author's life and work.

The book helps readers explore:

Tolkien's life and times
Tolkien's mythical world
The languages of Middle Earth
The major works – The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Posthumously published writings – from The Silmarillion to the recently discovered The Fall of Gondolin

With reference to adaptations of Tolkien's work including the Peter Jackson films, notes on Tolkien's sources and surveys of key scholarly and critical writings, this is an accessible and authoritative guide to one of the 20th century's greatest and most popular writers.

About the Author

Toby Widdicombe is Professor of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage in the United States. His previous books include Simply Shakespeare and A Reader's Guide to Raymond Chandler. He is the former editor of the international academic journal Utopian Studies and the current editor of the sf wiki Clockworks 2.

Industry Reviews

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Guide for the Perplexed helps dispel the confusion many students feel when first studying Tolkien's secondary world. This engagingly written and insightful volume will prove a useful resource in classrooms. -- William Fliss, Tolkien Archivist, Marquette University, United States

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