Tree and Leaf: Including the Poem Mythopoeia

Tolkien, J. R. R.

ISBN 10: 0395502322 / ISBN 13: 9780395502327

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1989

About this Item

First printing this edition, 1989. Complete number line from 1. Very Good text, solid cover and binding. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear with slight sunning to spine. US orders shipped via US Mail. International orders shipped via DHL. Additional postage may be required on oversize books and sets. Seller Inventory # 2505090037

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tree and Leaf: Including the Poem Mythopoeia

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First THUS.

About this title

Synopsis:

A lengthy essay on the nature and literary value of the fairy story is accompanied by a tale illustrating these points and a poem dealing with myths

Review:

‘A haunting and successful demonstration of the qualities of faerie’
New York Times

‘The book must be read... it goes far to explain the nature of his art and justify his success’
The Cambridge Review

‘While springing from deep-rooted convictions, his art has imaginative magic of a very rare quality’
Birmingham Post