The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology
by Tom Shippey
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The Road to Middle-earth, Tom Shippey’s classic work, now revised in paperback, explores J.R.R. Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a timeless charm for millions of readers. Examining the foundation of Tolkien’s most popular work, The Lord of the Rings, Shippey also discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien’s great myth cycle, showing how Tolkien’s more difficult” books can be fully appreciated. He goes on to examine the remarkable twelve-volume History of Middle-earth, written by Tolkien’s son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes by which Middle-earth evolved.
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- Title
- The Road to Middle-earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien created a new mythology
- Author
- Tom Shippey
- Format/Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0261102753
- ISBN 13
- 9780261102750
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- January 3, 2005
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