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==From the publisher==
==From the publisher==


The "Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series.  
The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series.  


Volume 2 includes coverage of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."
Volume 2 includes coverage of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."


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British Writers: Classics, Volume II
225 px
AuthorJay Parini (Editor)
PublisherCharles Scribners & Sons
ReleasedJune 16, 2003
FormatHardcover
Pages384
ISBN978-0684312699

British Writers: Classics, Volume II is a reference book which includes the article "J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" by Paul Bibire.

From the publisher

The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and a styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political concerns for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 17 sets comprising this series.

Volume 2 includes coverage of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."