A Brief Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien: The Unauthorized Guide to the Author of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

Cawthorne, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0762447419 / ISBN 13: 9780762447411

Editore: Running Press Book Publishers, 2012

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• Titolo: A Brief Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien: The Unauthorized Guide to the Author of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings
• Editore: Running Press Book Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0762447419
• ISBN 13: 9780762447411
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Fair
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket

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Riassunto

A very readable companion, this Brief Guide includes everything J.R.R. Tolkien: a brief biography, a critical view of Tolkien and what the literati think of him, his profession as a linguist, how Beowulf and other works influenced him, how he invented the nomenclatures and languages for Middle-earth, and much more.

Informazioni sull?autore

Nigel Cawthorne is the author of A Brief History of Robin Hood, A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes, and Jack the Ripper’s Secret Confession. His writing has appeared in more than 150 newspapers, magazines, and partworks, from the Sun to the Financial Times, and from Flatbush Life to The New York Tribune.