Tolkien: Man and Myth

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Author: Joseph Pearce

ISBN-10: 0898708257

ISBN-13: 9780898708257

Category: Genres & Literary Forms

He may be the must popular writer of our age, but Tolkien is often misunderstood. This major new study of his life, his character and his work reveals the facts and confronts the myths. It explores the background to the man and the culture in which he wrote.

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He may be the must popular writer of our age, but Tolkien is often misunderstood. This major new study of his life, his character and his work reveals the facts and confronts the myths. It explores the background to the man and the culture in which he wrote.

AcknowledgementsPreface1A Misunderstood Man: Tolkien and the Modern World12Cradle Convert to the Grave: The Child behind the Myth113Father Francis to Father Christmas: The Father behind the Myth264True Myth: Tolkien and the Conversion of C.S. Lewis455A Ring of Fellowship: Tolkien, Lewis and the Inklings616The Creation of Middle Earth: The Myth behind the Man837Orthodoxy in Middle Earth: The Truth behind the Myth1008The Well and the Shallows: Tolkien and the Critics1269Tolkien as Hobbit: The Englishman behind the Myth15310Approaching Mount Doom: Tolkien's Final Years182Epilogue: Above all Shadows Rides the Sun209Notes213Bibliography230Index233Index of Characters and Places in Tolkien's Middle Earth241