Master of Middle-Earth; The Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien - Hardcover

Paul Harold Kocher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395140978 ISBN 13: 9780395140970

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1972

Synopsis

Analyzes Tolkien's fiction, focusing on his creativity, themes, and images of a fantasy world

About this title

From the Publisher:

'A splendid commentary, which will only delight and fascinate admirers of Tolkien.' Sunday Telegraph

About the Author:

Paul Kocher was born in Trinidad, but became an American citizen after moving to New York with his family. He taught English literature at a number of American colleges and universities, including the universities of Washington, Nebraska and Stanford (California). After retiring from Stanford, his chief preoccupation was research for this book about Tolkien's works, which he admired for many years. His other books include Christopher Marlowe and Science and Religion in Elizabethan England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0395140978
• ISBN 13: 9780395140970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 247