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There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / Mark Atherton.

Atherton, Mark.
2012
PR6039.O32 Z558 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / Mark Atherton.
Author
Atherton, Mark.
ISBN
9781780762463
1780762461
Published
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
PR6039.O32 Z558 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
823.912
Summary
Mark Atherton here explores the chief influences on Tolkien's work: his boyhood in the West Midlands; the landscapes and seascapes which shaped his mythologies; his experiences in World War I; his interest in Scandinavian myth; his friendships, especially with the other Oxford-based Inklings; and the relevance of his themes, especially ecological themes, to the present-day. "There and Back Again" offers a unique guide to the varied inspirations behind Tolkien's life and work, and sheds new light on how a legend is born.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographies (p. 283-296) and index.
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'We must away ere break of day'
Fairy-stories and animal fables
'A green great dragon'
'The heart of the mountain'
Return to bag end
The English country house and its myths
William Guest
'The lonely sea and the sky'
'Far over the misty mountains cold'
Goblin wars
Literary myth and the Great War
Visions of peace
Early lessons in philology
Tolkien as word-collector
Rhymes and riddles
Dialect matters
Appendixes: 1. A selection of poems from Geoffrey Bache Smith, A spring harvest (London: Erskine Macdonald, 1918)
2. A selection of poems from A northern venture: verses by members of the Leeds University English School Association (Leeds: Swan Press, 1923).

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