The Heroes of Tolkien The Heroes of Tolkien
Tolkien

The Heroes of Tolkien

An Exploration of Tolkien's Heroic Characters, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth, Literature and History

David Day
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Publisher Description

In J. R. R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion, Middle-earth endured cataclysmic wars and critical battles, causing great men, women and mystical creatures to arise, influence and shape the course of its history.

Here in this book, Tolkien expert David Day examines the complexities surrounding Tolkien's portrayal of good and evil, and analyses Middle-earth's most celebrated heroes and the literary, historical and mythological sources that inspired their creation.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2017
October 20
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
Octopus
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
47.1
MB

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