THE J. R. R. TOLKIEN COMPANION AND GUIDE: VOLUME 3: READER S GUIDE PART 2

Hammond, Wayne G.

ISBN 10: 0008214530 / ISBN 13: 9780008214531

Edité par HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2017

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N° de réf. du vendeur 9780008214531

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE J. R. R. TOLKIEN COMPANION AND GUIDE: VOLUME 3: READER S GUIDE PART 2
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Date de parution: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0008214530
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780008214531
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Usado

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Synopsis

Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most detailed biographical record available.

The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.

One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Reader's Guide is an indispensable introduction to J. R. R. Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writings.

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Wayne G. Hammond, is Assistant Librarian in the Chapin Library of Rare Books, Williams College. He also lectures on the history of printing and illustration and is a practising book designer and graphic artist – making him the ideal co-author of the acclaimed study of Tolkien’s paintings and drawings, ‘J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator’.

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 80 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.