J. R. R. Tolkien

Moseley, Charles

ISBN 10: 0746307497 / ISBN 13: 9780746307496

Verlag: Northcote House Pub Ltd, 1997

128 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.50 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers __0746307497

Inhaltsangabe:

Tolkien was a specialist in a recherché field. He did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 60s his books, particularly Lord of the Rings, became a political badge and an interpretative text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and "Tolkien" - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writing, film, video- and board-game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received. Dr Moseley's critical discussion examines Tolkien's view of fiction as "sub-creation", exploring his analysis of mythopoeia and of the status of art and literature in relation to his own practice. It is argued that in the critical concerns of Tolkien and his circle lie the key to important issues in his fiction. His use of linguistic game and literary pastiche is explored without obscuring his emotional commitment to the making of myths that expressed some of h

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Charles Moseley teaches in the University of Cambridge where he is Director of Studies in English at Wolfson College.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: J. R. R. Tolkien
Verlag: Northcote House Pub Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New