The Shaping of Middle-earth: The Quenta, the Ambarkanta and the Annals, Together with the First Silmarillion and the First Map (The History of Middle-Earth) - Hardcover

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0048232793 ISBN 13: 9780048232793

Publisher: Unwin Hyman, 1986

Synopsis

The Shaping Of Middle - Earth. The Quenta, The Ambarkanta And The Annals (The History of Middle-Earth, Volume 4)

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Review

‘Illustrates the development, depth and richness of J R R Tolkien’s personal mythology’ Vector

From the Back Cover

At the end of 1937, J.R.R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings.

This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been composed, The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form, and a new Map had been made. The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work, including those central ideas: the World Made Round and the Straight Path into the vanished West. Closely associated with this was the abandoned 'time-travel' story The Lost Road, linking the world of Numenor and Middle-earth with the legends of many other times and peoples.

Also included in this volume is The Lhammas, as essay on the complex languages and dialects of Middle-earth, and an 'etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Unwin Hyman
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0048232793
• ISBN 13: 9780048232793
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380
• Editor: Tolkien Christopher