Tolkien: A Celebration : Collected Writings on a Literary Legacy
by Joseph Pearce
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Collected essays in celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien's great literary legacy, and the spiritual values and faith which undergirded his imaginary Middle-earth. Includes personal recollections from George Sayer and Walter Hooper, C. S. Lewis's biographer, and thirteen other essays, including: * J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of Middle-earth by Stephen Lawhead, himself a best-selling fantasy author with HarperCollins * Tolkien and the Art of Parable by Robert Murray SJ, a friend of Tolkien * The Sense of show more Time in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Kevin Aldrich * The Passion According to Tolkien by Sean McGrath * Tolkien and his critics by Patrick Curry show lessTags
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A rather miscellaneous collection on writings on Tolkien, including memories from George Sayer and the controversial Walter Hooper, and articles about his literary influence by Stephen Lawhead (whose own fantasy I have mixed feelings about) and others.
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Joseph Pearce has written ground-breaking biographical books on authors. Oscar Wilde, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and William Shakespeare. His books covering more than one author include Literary Converts and Catholic Literary Giants. He is the editor of the multi-volume Ignatius Critical Editions series.
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- J. R. R. Tolkien
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Nonfiction, Fiction and Literature, Fantasy
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- 828.91209 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999 English miscellaneous writings 1900-1945 Individual authors not limited to or chiefly identified with one specific form.
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- PR6039 .O32 .Z838 — Language and Literature English English Literature 1900-1960
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- English, Spanish
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