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The Hobbit and Tolkien's mythology : essays on revisions and influences /

"At the 2013 "Celebrating The Hobbit" conference two papers were presented: "Anchoring the Myth: The Impact of The Hobbit on Tolkien's Legendarium" by John D. Rateliff and "Tolkien's French connections" by Verlyn Flieger. In discussions with the speakers,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Eden, Bradford Lee (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction (Bradford Lee Eden); Part I. The Evolution of the Dwarven Race; Anchoring the Myth: The Impact of The Hobbit on Tolkien's Legendarium (John D. Rateliff); From Nauglath to Durin's Folk: The Hobbit and Tolkien's Dwarves (Gerard Hynes); Part II. Durin's Day; "It passes our skill in these days": Primary World Influences on the Evolution of Durin's Day (Kristine Larsen); A Scientific Examination of Durin's Day Sumner (Gary Hunnewell); Part III. Themes; Tolkien's French Connection (Verlyn Flieger).
  • Tolkien's Hybrid Mythology: The Hobbit as Old Norse "Fairy-Story" (Jane Chance)From "The Silmarillion" to The Hobbit and Back Again: An Onomastic Foray (Damien Bador); Civilized Goblins and Talking Animals: How The Hobbit Created Problems of Sentience for Tolkien (Gregory Hartley); Seeing in the Dark, Seeing by the Dark: How Bilbo's Invisibility Defined Tolkien's Vision (Michael A. Wodzak); A Victorian in Valhalla: Bilbo Baggins as the Link Between England and Middle-earth (William Christian Klarner); Beorn and Bombadil: Mythology, Place and Landscape in Middle-earth (Justin T. Noetzel).
  • Travel, Redemption and Peacemaking: Hobbits, Dwarves and Elves and the Transformative Power of Pilgrimage (Vickie L. Holtz-Wodzak)A Baggins Back Yard: Environmentalism, Authorship and the Elves in Tolkien's Legendarium (David Thiessen); Polytemporality and Epic Characterization in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Reflecting The Lord of the Ring's Modernism and Medievalism (Judy Ann Ford and Robin Anne Reid); The Wisdom of the Crowd: Internet Memes and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Michelle Markey Butler); About the Contributors; Index.