Tolkien, Race and Cultural History, Dimitra Fimi, Literaturwissenschaft

Tolkien, Race and Cultural History

From Fairies to Hobbits

Dimitra Fimi

This book, now in paperback, explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story, contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's vision and contextualizes his fiction.

2010, 256 Seiten, 15 Schwarz-Weiss-Abbildungen, Masse: 21,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch

Palgrave Macmillan

ISBN-10: 0230272843
ISBN-13: 9780230272842

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Tolkien, Race and Cultural History, in paperback for the first time , explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology by examining how it changed as a result of Tolkien's life story and contemporary cultural and intellectual history. The book considers Tolkien's creative writing as an ever-developing 'legendarium': an interconnected web of stories, poems and essays, from his early poems in the 1910s to his latest writings in the early 1970s. Consequently, the book is not restricted to a discussion of Tolkien's best-known works only ( The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion ) but examines the whole corpus of his legendarium, including the 12-volume History of Middle-earth series, which has received little attention from critics. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's imaginative vision and addresses key features of Tolkien's creativity: the centrality of the Elves and the role of linguistic invention in his legendarium, as well as race and material culture in Middle-earth.