The Lost Road and Other Writings: Language and Legend Before the "Lord of the Rings" - Couverture souple

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0044403984 ISBN 13 : 9780044403982

Editeur : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

This fifth volume of "The History of Middle-Earth" completes J.R.R. Tolkien's presentation of the whole compass of his writing on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-Earth, with an "etymological dictionary" describing words and names in the Elvish languages.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The History of Middle-earth 5
Edited by Christopher Tolkien
INKLINGS OF GREATNESS . . .
J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were friends and fellow members of the literary circle known as The Inklings. It is hardly surprising that, at one point, these talented gentlemen embarked on a challenge: Lewis was to write on "space-travel" and Tolkien on "time-travel."
Lewis' novel, Out of the Silent Planet, became the first book of a science fiction trilogy. Tolkien's unfinished story, The Lost Road, chronicles the original destruction of Númenor, a pivotal event of the Second Age of Middle-earth.
In this fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth, Christopher Tolkien brings Middle-earth to its state at the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Entertaining and informative, THE LOST ROAD AND OTHER WRITINGS offers fresh insights into the evolution of one of the world's most enduring fantasies.

Biographie de l'auteur

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0044403984
• ISBN 13: 9780044403982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Éditeur: Tolkien Christopher
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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