Tolkien (2014 book)
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Author | Raymond Edwards |
Publisher | Hale |
Released | 2014 |
Format | Hardcover, paperback |
Pages | 336 |
ISBN | 9780719809866 |
Tolkien is a 2014 book Raymond Edwards.
From the publisher
This is the first Tolkien biography since Humphrey Carpenter's authorized life of 1977 to deal with the wealth of posthumously published material; it sets Tolkien's imaginative writing firmly in the context of his academic life, shows the great personal and professional difficulties he overcame to complete The Lord of the Rings and charts his ultimately unsuccessful efforts to complete the great cycle of legends that appeared, after his death, as The Silmarillion. It also deals with Tolkien's role in the precipitous decline of his academic discipline, philology, as a university subject; and shows how, in one sense, his imaginative achievement is itself a triumphant vindication of his academic career.