Tolkien's art

Jane Chance Nitzsche

earliest edition we have, 1979 Palgrave Macmillan, 1979

J.R.R. Tolkien's zeal for medieval literary, religious, and cultural ideas deeply influenced his entire life and provided the seeds for his own fiction. In Tolkien's Art, Chance discusses not only such classics as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion, but focuses on his minor works as well, outlining in detail the sources and influences -- from pagan epic to Christian legend -- that formed the foun...

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Tolkien's Art paperback · 1980 · Pan Macmillan · 176 pages · 9780333290347
Tolkien's art hardcover · 1979 · St. Martin's Press · 164 pages · 9780312808198
Tolkien's art edition · 1979 · Macmillan · 164 pages
Tolkien's Art edition · 1979 · Palgrave Macmillan · 9781349046577
Tolkien's Art paperback · 1979 · Palgrave Macmillan · 176 pages · 9781349046591

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