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020 _z0786464828 (softcover : alk. paper)
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245 0 0 _aTolkien and the study of his sources
_h[electronic resource] :
_bcritical essays /
_cedited by Jason Fisher.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland & Co.,
_cc2011.
300 _axi, 228 p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface / Jason Fisher -- Introduction : why source criticism? / Tom Shippey -- Source criticism : background and applications / E. L. Risden -- Tolkien and source criticism : remarking and remaking / Jason Fisher -- The stones and the book : Tolkien, Mesopotamia, and biblical mythopoeia / Nicholas Birns -- Sea birds and morning stars : Ceyx, Alcyone, and the many metamorphoses of EƤrendil and Elwing / Kristine Larsen -- "Byzantium, new Rome!" : goths, langobards, and Byzantium in The lord of the rings / Miryam Libran-Moreno -- The Rohirrim : "Anglo-Saxons on horseback" : an inquiry into Tolkien's use of sources / Thomas Honegger -- William Caxton's The golden legend as a source for J.R.R Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Judy Ann Ford -- She and Tolkien, revisited / John D. Rateliff -- Reading John Buchan in search of J.R.R. Tolkien / Mark T. Hooker -- Biography as source : niggles and notions / Diana Pavlac Glyer and Josh B. Long.
520 _a"This compendium by leading Tolkien scholars describes the theory and methodology for proper source criticism of Tolkien's works and then provides practical demonstrations of the approach. Ranging widely across Tolkien's writings, as well as across the periods and genres from which he took inspiration, the essays provide the most balanced and comprehensive demonstration of Tolkien source criticism available"--Provided by publisher.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 1 0 _aTolkien, J. R. R.
_q(John Ronald Reuel),
_d1892-1973
_xCriticism and interpretation.
600 1 0 _aTolkien, J. R. R.
_q(John Ronald Reuel),
_d1892-1973
_vSources.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aFisher, Jason,
_d1970-
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10496081
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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