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Professor Tom Shippey is best known for his books 'The Road to Middle-earth' and 'J.R.R. Tolkien. Author of the Century'. Yet they are not the only contributions of his to Tolkien studies. Over the years, he has written and lectured widely on Tolkien-related topics. Unfortunately, many of his essays, though still topical, are no longer available. The current volume unites for the first time a selection of his older essays together with some new, as yet unpublished articles.Tags
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A collection of hard to obtain essays on Tolkien by a fellow philologist. This is the approach to Tolkien that makes the most sense to me, and Shippey is the writer whose logic and prose suit me best. Fascinating reading, and rereading. Highly recommended.
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Tom Shippey taught at Oxford University at the same time as J. R. R. Tolkien & with the same syllabus, which gives him an intimate familiarity with the works that fueled Tolkien's imagination. He subsequently held the chair of English language & medieval literature at Leeds University that Tolkien had previously held. He currently holds the Walter show more J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St. Louis University in Missouri. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2007
- People/Characters
- J. R. R. Tolkien; Beowulf; Jakob Grimm; C. S. Lewis; William Morris; Sir Gawain (show all 7); Green Knight
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- Introduction
The twenty-three essays in this volume were produced over a period of some twenty-five years, and I am most grateful to Thomas Honegger and his colleagues at Walking Tree Publishers for the opportunity to prin... (show all)t, reprint, and amplify them.
Did Tolkien ever wonder if he might be the Beowulf-poet reincarnated? - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Perhaps the most heartening thing one can say is that there will certainly now be many millions of people in exactly that position, new readers facing a new experience, and once again finding Tolkien's road to Middle-earth.
- Publisher's editor
- Honegger, Thomas
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