The Lord of the Rings

Jane Chance

first published 1992 Twayne Publishers, 1992 130 pages

Twayne's masterwork studies

"An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the modern world. Jane Chance's critical appraisal of Tolkien's heroic masterwork is the first to explore its "mythology of power" - that is, how power, politics, and language interact. Chance looks beyond the fantastic, self-co...

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Lord of the Rings edition · 2010 · University Press of Kentucky · 184 pages · 9780813138015
Lord of the Rings edition · 2010 · University Press of Kentucky · 184 pages · 9780813128054
The lord of the rings edition · 2001 · University Press of Kentucky · 162 pages
The Lord of the Rings edition · 1992 · Twayne Publishers · 130 pages

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