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  • Tolkien's Art

    A Mythology for England

    by Jane Chance ...
    This literary study examines the scholarly and mythological roots of the author's beloved stories, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.J.R.R. Tolkien captured the imaginations of generations with his expansive fantasy worlds and tales of high adventure. But Tolkien was also an accomplished scholar whose deep knowledge of mythology and language provided a wellspring of inspiration for ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tolkien, Self and Other

    "This Queer Creature"

    by Jane Chance ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book examines key points of J. R. R. Tolkien’s life and writing career in relation to his views on humanism and feminism, particularly his sympathy for and toleration of those who are different, deemed unimportant, or marginalized—namely, the Other. Jane Chance argues such empathy derived from a variety of causes ranging from the loss of his parents during his early life to a consciousness of ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Lord of the Rings

    The Mythology of Power

    by Jane Chance ...
    " With New Line Cinema's production of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the popularity of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien is unparalleled. Tolkien's books continue to be bestsellers decades after their original publication. An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Tolkien the Medievalist

    Edited by Jane Chance ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture
    Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

    by Peter G. Beidler, Bethany Blankenship, Michael Calabrese, Jane Chance, Howell Chickering, Andrew Cole, Donna Crawford, Kara Crawford, Holly Crocker, Bryan P. Davis, Martha W. Driver, Robert Epstein, Patricia Ingham, Alexander L. Kaufman, Leonard Michael Koff, Roger A. Ladd, Jacob Lewis, Emma Lipton, Kathryn Lynch, Becky McLaughlin, Robert Myer-Lee, Alex Mueller, Florence Newman, Tison Pugh, William A. Quinn, Larry Scanlon, Nicole Nolan Sidhu, Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Timothy L. Stinson, Loraine Kochanske Stock, Jamie Taylor, David Wallace, Michelle Warren, Susan Yagar, Tara Williams ...
    Series Book 131 - Approaches to Teaching World Literature
    Chaucer's Canterbury Tales was the subject of the first volume in the Approaches to Teaching series, published in 1980. But in the past thirty years, Chaucer scholarship has evolved dramatically, teaching styles have changed, and new technologies have created extraordinary opportunities for studying Chaucer. This second edition of Approaches to Teaching Chaucer's Canterbury Tales reflects the wide ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The History of the Hobbit

    Mr Baggins and Return to Bag-End

    by John D. Rateliff, J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    This revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • J. R. R. Tolkien

    Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey.Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar, Professor Tom Shippey, presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • Hobbit Journey, A

    Discovering the Enchantment of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth

    by Matthew Dickerson ...
    The Lord of the Rings trilogy has delighted millions of fans worldwide in book and movie form. With the theatrical release of the two-part film The Hobbit slated for 2012 and 2013, attention will once again turn to J. R. R. Tolkien's classic works. In a culture where truth is relative and morality is viewed as old-fashioned, we welcome the chance to view the world through hobbit eyes: we have free ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • J.R.R. Tolkien

    Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    The definitive Tolkien companion—an indispensable guide to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and more, from the author of The Road to Middle-earth.This "highly erudite celebration and exploration of Tolkien's works [is] enormous fun," declared the Houston Chronicle, and Tom Shippey, a prominent medievalist and scholar of fantasy, "deepens your understanding" without "making you forget your ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meditations on Middle-Earth

    New Writing on the Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien

    by Orson Scott Card, Ursula K. Le Guin ...
    Hugo Award Nominee: George R. R. Martin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove, and others reveal how Tolkien inspired and influenced them.When J. R. R. Tolkien created the extraordinary world of Middle-earth and populated it with fantastic, archetypal denizens, reinventing the heroic quest, the world hardly noticed. Sales of The Lord of the Rings languished for the better part of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Picturing Tolkien: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

    Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Film Trilogy

    by Edited by Janice M. Bogstad and Philip E. Kaveny ...
    This group of new critical essays offers multidisciplinary analysis of director Peter Jackson's spectacularly successful adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). Part One of the collection, "Techniques of Structure and Story," compares and contrasts the organizational principles of the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • J. R. R. Tolkien Mini Biography

    by eBios ...
    Series series Mini Biographies
    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. After his father's death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together ... Read more

    $2.99 USD