Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism
| Editor | Rose A. Zimbardo, Neil D. Isaacs |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Copyright Holder | Rose A. Zimbardo, Neil D. Isaacs |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Neil D. Isaacs |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Martha Kennedy |
| Cover Artist | Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
| Introduction by | Neil D. Isaacs |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Boston, New York |
| This Edition Published | 2004 |
| Copyright | 2004 |
| Pages / Font | 294 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-618-42251-X |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9780618422517 |
| EAN 5 | 90000 |
| Other | 6-88970 |
| Price | $25.00 |
| Other | 0704 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | PR6039.032L63775 2004 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 823'.912—dc22 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 2004047274 |
| Printer's Key | MP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 |
| Chapters | Neil D. Isaacs - Introduction: On the Pleasures of (Reading and Writing) Tolkien Criticism C. S. Lewis - The Dethronement of Power Edmund Fuller - The Lord of the Hobbits: J.R.R. Tolkien W. H. Auden - The Quest Hero Patricia Meyer Spacks - Power and Meaning in The Lord of the Rings Rose A. Zimbardo - Moral Vision in The Lord of The Rings Marion Zimmer Bradley - Men, Halflings, and Hero Worship R. J. Reilly - Tolkien and the Fairy Story J. S. Ryan - Folktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Story Verlyn Flieger - Frodo and Aragorn: The Concept of the Hero Paul Kocher - Middle-earth: An Imaginary World? Patrick Grant - Tolkien: Archetype and Word Lionel Basney - Myth, History, and Time in The Lord of the Rings Jane Chance - The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Epic Tom Shippey - Another Road to Middle-earth: Jackson's Movie Trilogy Acknowledgments and Permissions Notes Index |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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