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The Shaping of Middle-Earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 4)

By J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien

Book information

Publisher
Del Rey
Year
1995
ISBN
0345400437, 9780345400437
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1688347 bytes)
Series
The History of Middle-Earth volume 4
Pages
480\244
Topic
Literature Fantasy
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00
Библиотека;Фантастика;На английском языке;Толкин Д

Description

THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTHPoems and prose, maps and chronologies, detours and diversions along the road to Middle-earth . . . Christopher Tolkien has gathered archival materials that his late father, J. R. R. Tolkien, used to create the world and the history behind his classic stories.THE EVOLUTION OF A WORLDThis fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth presents early versions of those first tales, from the creation myth to the fall of Morgoth. Writings include a chronology of the events in Beleriand, the first Silmarillion map, and the only known description of the physical nature of Middle-earth's universe. Detailed annotations highlight changes ranging from the spelling of Elvish names to pivotal emendations whose effects reach even to the war of the ring.The Shaping of Middle-earth presents a solid framework by which to trace the development of the early lore of Middle-earth. It is a truly indispensable reference work for those familiar with the history of that endlessly beloved land--and fascinating reading for those just entering that world.

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