J.R.R.Tolkien (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

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The revered author of the fantasy works ""The Hobbit"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"" also had a distinguished career as a professor at Oxford University and as a scholar specializing in Anglo-Saxon literature. This addition to the ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" series is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, notes on the contributors, and an introductory essay by noted literary scholar Harold Bloom. Contents Editor’s Note Introduction Tolkien, Epic Traditions, and Golden Age Myths The Hobbit Bilbo’s Adventures in Wilderland J.R.R. Tolkien and the True Hero The King under the Mountain: Tolkien’s Children’s Story The Quests of Sam and Gollum for the Happy Lif Tolkien in the History of Ideas An Unfinished Symphony Skin-Changing in More than One Sense: The Complexity of Beorn The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Critical Mythology and The Lord of the Rings Chronology Contributors Bibliography Acknowledgments Index