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Tolkien On Fairy-stories

J.R.R. Tolkien

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J.R.R. Tolkien's On Fairy-stories is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in writing The Lord of the Rings .

Contained within is an introduction to Tolkien's original 1939 lecture and the history of the writing of On Fairy-stories, with previously unseen material. Here, at last, Flieger and Anderson reveal the extraordinary genesis of this seminal work and discuss how the conclusions that Tolkien reached during the composition of the essay would shape his writing for the rest of his life.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 2008

Publisher:: HarperCollins

Edition:: First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0007244665

ISBN13:: 9780007244669

kindle Asin:: B00BKQ02AG

Tolkien On Fairy-stories

J.R.R. Tolkien

4.32/5 (4421 ratings)

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J.R.R. Tolkien's On Fairy-stories is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in writing The Lord of the Rings .

Contained within is an introduction to Tolkien's original 1939 lecture and the history of the writing of On Fairy-stories, with previously unseen material. Here, at last, Flieger and Anderson reveal the extraordinary genesis of this seminal work and discuss how the conclusions that Tolkien reached during the composition of the essay would shape his writing for the rest of his life.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 2008

Publisher:: HarperCollins

Edition:: First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0007244665

ISBN13:: 9780007244669

kindle Asin:: B00BKQ02AG

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