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- The making of Middle-Earth : the worlds of Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings / by Snyder, Christopher A.(Christopher Allen),author;
Includes index.Preface -- 1. Learning his craft. (From Africa to Birmingham ; Oxford ; The Great War ; Tolkien the scholar ; Tolkien the teacher ; The Inklings ; Fame and retirement ; Writing Tolkien) -- 2. Tolkien's Middle Ages. (Back to the sources ; Ancient Greece and Rome ; Celtic Britain and Ireland ; The Anglo-Saxons and Old English ; The Vikings and Old Norse ; Middle English literature ; King Arthur and the matter of Britain ; Victorian fairy tales and the Gothic revival ; Finnish and the Kalevala ; William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites ; Andrew Lang ; George MacDonald ; The northern land) -- 3."There and back again." (Hobbits and dwarves ; Trills and goblins, gnomes and elves ; Mountains, rings, and riddles in the dark ; Bearn ; Mirkwood and Lake-town ; Smaug ; Endings) -- 4. Tales of the third age. (The fellowship of the Ring ; The two towers ; The return of the King) -- 5. The song of Ilvatar. (The Silmarillion ; The children of Hrin) -- 6. Monsters and critics -- 7. Media and Middle-Earth -- 8 Tolkieniana: culture and counterculture -- A Tolkien timeline.This book, originally published in 2013 and richly illustrated with photographs and artwork, was the first to connect all the threads of influence on Tolkien that infused his creation of Middle-earth--from the languages, poetry, and mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece and Rome to the halls of Oxford and the battlefields of World War I. Snyder examines the impact of these works on our modern culture, from 1960s counterculture to fantasy publishing, gaming, music, and beyond. The reissue has a gorgeous, updated cover design with a custom illustration on foil-stamped faux cloth and additional pages of material covering new developments.- Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, etc.; History.; Illustrated works.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Middle Earth (Imaginary place) in art.; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Christianity and literature; Fantasy fiction, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Myth in literature.;
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- Hobbit virtues : rediscovering virtue ethics through J. R. R. Tolkien's The hobbit and The lord of the rings / by Snyder, Christopher A.(Christopher Allen),1966-author.(CARDINAL)685368;
A response to our fractured political discourse, Hobbit Virtues speaks to the importance of "virtue ethics" by examining the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien--with particular attention to his hobbits. Tolkien's works resonate with so many readers in part because Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin demonstrate Classical, Judeo-Christian, Medieval, and even Hindu and Confucian virtues. Tolkien ennobles the small, the humble, and the marginalized in his Middle-earth writings and presents leaders who are hesitant to exercise power, are courteous, and value wisdom and learning. Each chapter in Hobbit Virtues consists of a wide-ranging discussion of a single virtue, exemplified by a character in Middle-earth, explaining its philosophical or theological roots and how the virtue is still relevant in a modern democracy. It will also include appendices where readers can find passages in Tolkien's and Lewis's works that discuss virtue ethics, and a glossary of virtues from ancient to modern, East to West. Tolkien's readers come from many different religious and secular backgrounds and the pleasure and profundity of Hobbit Virtues is that mutual respect for public virtues is, especially now, necessary for a well-functioning pluralistic society.- Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.; Ethics in literature.; Hobbits (Fictitious characters); Virtue in literature.; Criticism.;
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- The making of Middle-earth : a new look inside the world of J.R.R. Tolkien / by Snyder, Christopher A.(Christopher Allen),1966-author.(CARDINAL)685368;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-327) and index.Learning his craft - From Africa to Birmingham - Oxford - The Great War - Tolkien the Scholar - Tolkien the Teacher - The Inklings - Fame and Retirement - Writing Tolkien -- Tolkien's middle ages - Back to the Sources - Ancient Greece and Rome - Celtic Britain and Ireland - The Anglo-Saxons and Old English - The Vikings and Old Norse - Middle English Literature - King Arthur and the Matter of Britain - Victorian Fairy Tales and the Gothic Revival - Finnish and The Kalevala - William Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites - Andrew Lang - George MacDonald - The Northern Land -- "There and Back again" - Hobbits and Dwarves - Trolls and Goblins, Gnomes and Elves - Mountains, Rings, and Riddles in the Dark - Beorn - Mirkwood and Lake-town - Smaug - Endings -- Tales of the Third age - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Two Towers - The Return of the King -- The song of Iluvatar - The Silmarillion - The Children of Hurin -- Appendix I : Monsters and Critics -- Appendix II : Media and Middle-Earth -- Appendix III : Tolkieniana -- Appendix IV : The Moral Virtues of Middle Earth -- A Tolkien Timeline.Tolkien expert Christopher Snyder presents the most in-depth exploration yet of Tolkien's source materials for Middle-earth-from the languages, poetry, and mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece to the halls of Oxford and the battlefields of World War I.- Subjects: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Middle Earth (Imaginary place);
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- Gatsby's Oxford : Scott, Zelda, and the Jazz Age invasion of Britain: 1904-1929 / by Snyder, Christopher A.(Christopher Allen),1966-author.(CARDINAL)685368;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The poet T.S. Eliot. The polo star Tommy Hitchcock. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. This diverse group of Americans came to Oxford in the first quarter of the twentieth century--the Jazz Age--when the Rhodes Scholar program had just begun and the Great War had enveloped much of Europe. Scott Fitzgerald created his most memorable character--Jay Gatsby, the Oxford man in the pink suit--shortly after his and Zelda's visit to Oxford. Fitzgerald's creation is a cultural reflection of the aspirations of many Americans who came to the University of Oxford seeking beauty, wisdom, and social connections. Beginning in 1904, when the first American Rhodes Scholars arrived in Oxford, this book chronicles the experiences of Americans in Oxford through the Great War and the years of recovery to 1929, the end of Prohibition and the beginning of the Great Depression. This period is interpreted through the pages of The Great Gatsby, producing a vivid cultural history. It shows just how much Fitzgerald, the quintessential American modernist author, owes a debt to the medieval, the Romantic, and the European historical tradition. Archival material covering the first American Rhodes Scholars who came to Oxford during Trinity Term 1919--when Jay Gatsby claims he studied at Oxford--enables the narrative to illuminate a detailed portrait of what a "historical Gatsby" would have looked like, what he would have experienced at the postwar university, and who he would have encountered around Oxford--an impressive array of artists including Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill, J.R.R. Tolkien, and C.S. Lewis.- Subjects: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.; University of Oxford; Americans; Rhodes scholarships.;
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