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The Keys Of Middle-earth Introduces The Reader To The World Of Medieval Literature Through The Fiction Of J.r.r. Tolkien. Using Key Episodes In The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings, Readers Are Taken Back To The Works Of Old, Middle English And Old Norse Literature That So Influenced Tolkien. The Original Texts Are Presented With Helpful New Translations To Help The Reader Approach The Medieval Poems And Tales, And Introductory Essays Draw On Recent Scholarship And Tolkien's Own Unpublished Notes. 1. How To Use This Book -- 2. Introduction -- 2.1. Background -- 2.1.1. Why Another Book About Tolkien? -- 2.1.2. This Is Not A Source Book -- 2.1.3. Tolkien's Career -- 2.1.4. Tolkien's Fiction And Medieval Literature -- 2.1.5. Medieval Sources -- 2.2. Medieval Literature -- 2.2.1. Old English -- 2.2.2. Middle English -- 2.2.3. Old Norse -- 2.3. Thematic And Technical Parallels -- 2.3.1. The Theme Of The Quest -- 2.3.2. The Epic -- 2.3.3. The Runes -- 2.3.4. Alliterative Verse And Tolkien's Verse -- 2.3.5. The Names -- 3. The Editions -- 4. The Texts -- The Hobbit -- 4.1. Gandalf And The Dwarves -- Voluspa, Stanzas 9-16 (th, 'an Unexpected Party') -- 4.2. Bilbo And Gollum's Riddle-game -

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Author

Lee, Stuart D., Solopova, Elizabeth

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781403946720

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.07 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14