J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Shippey, T. A - 2002

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Mariner Books, 2002-09-08. paperback. Used: Good.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

William Morrow, 9/8/2002 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Acceptable. 0.9600 in x 8.2500 in x 5.5000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. First Houghton paperback printing, very good + trade paperback shows mild shelf wear to wraps incuding light curl beginning at wraps fore edges. 347 pages with index. Solid copy of this look at the legenadry author of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA, 2002. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 1st Printing with 1 in number line. Text appears clean. Book looks almost new except for the bookstore stickers on spine and back cover. 347 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 4. ISBN: 0618257594. ISBN/EAN: 9780618257591. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1560727949. . 9780618257591

William Morrow, 2002-09-08. Paperback. Like New. 8x5x0.

Mariner Books, 2002-09-08. paperback. Used:Good.

Houghton Mifflin, September 2002. Paper Back. New. 'Polls undertaken at the turn of the twenty-first century by a British bookshop chain (in cooperation with an affiliate of the BBC) to determine the five greatest books of the century placed Tolkien's <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> in the top slot-a result 'greeted with horror among professional critics and journalists.' While popular polls are no real guide to literary value, they nonetheless ought to prompt consideration by the literary establishment. Tom Shippey-a former English language professor at Oxford and Leeds-is the first of his discipline to seriously take up the question and defend its results. He bases his claim for Tolkien as 'author of the century' on three central arguments: 1) democratically speaking, Tolkien tops not only the polls, but also the sales figures; 2) the genre of fantasy, and especially heroic fantasy, as it exists today is clearly and undeniably indebted to Tolkien's work; and 3)… Read More

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