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Myth, Magic and Meaning in Tolkien's World - Softcover

Helms, Randel

 
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Synopsis

FANTASY REFERENCE-TOLKIEN'S MAGICAL WORLD OF MIDDLE EARTH A LAND INHABITED BY TOBACCO SMOKING,ALE DRINKING,HALFLING SUPER HEROES,EON OLD ELVEN KINGS,CHANTING TIME TRAVELLERS,MESSIANIC WIZARDS AND SATANIC WAR LORDS REMAINS UNPARALLELED IN IT'S SCOPE AND VISION AND UNSURPASSED IN IT'S APPEAL AND FASCINATION FOR COUNTLESS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES THE WORLD OVER.IN THIS STUDY PROFESSOR HELMS SHOWS HOW THE MASTER STORY TELLER SUCCEEDED IN COMBINING A SCHOLARLY KNOWLEDGE OF TRADITIONAL MYTHOLOGICAL LITERATURE WITH AN IMAGINATIVE GENIUS TO CREATE FANTASY EPICS OF UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE.

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ISBN 10:  0500011141 ISBN 13:  9780500011140
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1974
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