J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit : realizing history through fantasy : a critical companion / Robert T. Tally, Jr.
2022
PR6039.O32 .T35 2022
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Title
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit : realizing history through fantasy : a critical companion / Robert T. Tally, Jr.
ISBN
9783031112669 (electronic bk.)
3031112660 (electronic bk.)
9783031112652
3031112652
3031112660 (electronic bk.)
9783031112652
3031112652
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
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1 online resource.
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10.1007/978-3-031-11266-9 doi
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PR6039.O32 .T35 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912
Summary
This book is a critical introduction to J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit, but it also advances an argument about the novel in the context of Tolkiens larger literary and philosophical project. Notwithstanding its canonical place in the fantasy genre, The Hobbit is ultimately a historical novel. It does not refer directly to any "real" historical events, but it both enacts and conceptualizes history in a way that makes it real. Drawing on Marxist literary criticism and narrative theory, this book examines the form and content of Tolkiens work, demonstrating how the heroic romance is simultaneously employed and subverted by Tolkien in his tale of an unlikely hero, "quite a little fellow in a wide world," who nonetheless makes history. First-time readers of Tolkien, as well as established scholars and fans, will enjoy this engaging and accessible study of The Hobbit. Robert T. Tally Jr. is a Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. His books include For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in an Age of Capitalist Realism (2022), Topophrenia: Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination (2019), and Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism (2014).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed October 20, 2022).
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Palgrave science fiction and fantasy.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit".
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: In a hole in the ground
2. The Way to Talk to Dragons: Interpellation, Style, and Narrative Form
3. Nasty Disturbing Uncomfortable Things: The Intrusions of History
4. Show Me Now Your Map: Towards a Literary Cartography of Middle-earth
5. More Dangerous and Less Wise: Race, Class, and the Geopolitical Order
6. Conclusion: Quite a little fellow in a wide world.
2. The Way to Talk to Dragons: Interpellation, Style, and Narrative Form
3. Nasty Disturbing Uncomfortable Things: The Intrusions of History
4. Show Me Now Your Map: Towards a Literary Cartography of Middle-earth
5. More Dangerous and Less Wise: Race, Class, and the Geopolitical Order
6. Conclusion: Quite a little fellow in a wide world.