@article{1449910,
      author = {Tally, Robert T.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1449910},
      title = {J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit : realizing history through  fantasy : a critical companion /},
      abstract = {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).},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11266-9},
      recid = {1449910},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
}