Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth

by Catherine McIlwaine

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This richly illustrated book explores the huge creative endeavour behind Tolkien's enduring popularity. Lavishly illustrated with over 300 images of his manuscripts, drawings, maps and letters, the book traces the creative process behind his most famous literary works - 'The Hobbit', 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Silmarillion' and reproduces personal photographs and private papers (some of which have never been seen before in print). 0Tolkien drew on his deep knowledge of medieval show more literature and language to inform his literary imagination. Six introductory essays cover some of the main themes in Tolkien's life and work including the influence of northern languages and legends on the creation of his own legendarium; his concept of 'Faerie' as a literary construct; the central importance of his invented languages in his fantasy writing; his visual imagination and its emergence in his artwork; and the encouragement he derived from the literary group known as the Inklings. 0This book brings together the largest collection of original Tolkien material ever assembled in a single volume. Drawing on the archives of the Tolkien collections at the Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, and Marquette University, Milwaukee, as well as private collections, this exquisitely produced catalogue draws together the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien - scholarly, literary, creative and domestic - offering a rich and detailed understanding and appreciation of this extraordinary author.00Exhibition: The Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, UK (01.06.-28.10.2018). show less

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Este libro ilustrado explora el gran esfuerzo creativo detrás de la legendaria figura de J.R.R. Tolkien. Una edición de lujo ilustrada con más de 300 imágenes de sus manuscritos, dibujos, mapas y cartas, que rastrea el proceso creativo detrás de sus obras más famosas: El Señor de los Anillos, El Hobbit y El Silmarillion. También reproduce fotografías personales y documentos privados que nunca antes se habían impreso. Tolkien recurrió a su profundo conocimiento de la literatura y el lenguaje medieval para inspirar su imaginación literaria.

La influencia de las lenguas y leyendas nórdicas a la hora de crear su propio legendarium, su concepto de Faërie como construcción literaria, la importancia de los idiomas inventados en show more su obra fantástica, su imaginación visual y cómo la aplicó en sus obras, así como el apoyo que obtuvo del grupo literario conocido como los Inklings, son algunos de los temas principales de su vida y obra.

Este libro recoge la mayor colección de material original de Tolkien reunido en un solo volumen, basándose en los archivos de las colecciones de Tolkien en las bibliotecas Bodleian, Oxford y la biblioteca de la Universidad Marquette de Milwaukee.

. Más de 300 imágenes entre dibujos, mapas, cartas, fotografías y documentación personal de Tolkien inédita.

. Los materiales provienen de la exposición Tolkien Maker of Middle-Earth de la Bodleian Library en Oxford.
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Ottimo catalogo, che da una parte lenisce il non poter essere andato alla mostra e dall'altro acuisce il dispiacere di non esserci andato

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Flieger, Verlyn (Contributor)
Garth, John (Contributor)
Hammond, Wayne G. (Contributor)
Hostetter, Carl F. (Contributor)
Ovenden, Richard (Foreword)
Scull, Christina (Contributor)
Shippey, Tom (Contributor)

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Raudaskoski, Seppo (Translator)

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Canonical title*
Tolkien: Mies joka loi Keski-Maan
Original title
Tolkien : maker of Middle-Earth
Original publication date
2018
People/Characters
J. R. R. Tolkien; Bilbo Baggins; Frodo Baggins; C. S. Lewis; Francis Morgan; Arthur Tolkien (show all 14); Christopher Tolkien; Edith Bratt; Edith Tolkien; Hilary Tolkien; John Tolkien; Mabel Suffield; Mabel Tolkien; Michael Tolkien
Important places
Exeter College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK; King Edward's School, Birmingham, England, UK; Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Important events
World War I
First words
Foreword [by Richard Ovenden]
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien first visited the Bodleian Library just over a century ago, in November 1913.
Blurbers
Susman, Deborah
Original language*
englanti
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Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Art & Design
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002.09Computer science, information & general worksComputer science, knowledge & systemsBooks (Science and history of the book)Standard subdivisionsBiography and History
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PR6039 .O32 .Z6956Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1900-1960
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