J.R.R. Tolkien (Modern Critical Views)
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Editor | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Chelsea House Publishers, Bloom's Literary Criticism |
Released | 2000 (1st edition), 2008 (2nd edition) |
Format | Hardback, Paperback |
Pages | 174 (1st edition), 180 (2nd edition) |
ISBN | 978-0791056608 (1st edition), 978-1604131468 (2nd edition) |
J.R.R. Tolkien (Modern Critical Views) or Modern Critical Views: J.R.R. Tolkien is a book published in 2000, edited by Harold Bloom. It is a compilation of several essays and book chapters relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth, all of them already published.
From the publisher[edit | edit source]
Explores the author's literary work through critical essays that examine such themes as the Middle-Earth concept, mythology, and the relationship between literature and language.
Contents (first edition)[edit | edit source]
- Editor's note
- Introduction
- By Harold Bloom
- "Tolkien: The Monsters and the Critters"
- By Thomas J. Gasque (from Tolkien and the Critics)
- "Cosmic Order"
- By Paul H. Kocher (from Master of Middle-earth)
- "Tolkien and Frodo Baggins"
- "The Author (1953-1965)"
- "The Individuated Hobbit"
- By Timothy R. O'Neill (from The Individuated Hobbit)
- "Tolkien's Prelude"
- "A Mythology for England"
- "On the Need for Writing Tolkien Criticism"
- "Lit. and Lang."
- By Tom Shippey (from The Road to Middle-earth)
- "Myth and Story"
- Chronology
- Contributors
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Second Edition[edit | edit source]
A new edition of the book was published in 2008, titled Bloom's Modern Critical Views: J.R.R. Tolkien (New Edition). Its contents differ from the first edition, having a whole new selection of previously published material.
Contents (second edition)[edit | edit source]
- Editor's note
- Introduction
- By Harold Bloom
- "Tolkien, Epic Traditions , and Golden Age Myths"
- By Charles A. Huttar (from Twentieth-Century Fantasists: Essays on Culture, Societyand Believe in Twentieth-Century Mythopoeic Literature)
- "The Hobbit"
- "Bilbo's Adventures in Wilderland"
- "J.R.R. Tolkien and the True Hero"
- "The King under the Mountain: Tolkien's Children Story"
- "The Quests of Sam and Gollum for the Happy Life"
- By Jorge J.E. GarcĂa (from The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy)
- "Tolkien in the History of Ideas"
- By Brian Rosebury (from Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon)
- "An Unfinished Symphony"
- "Skin-Changing in More than One Sense: The Complexity of Beorn"
- "The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Critical Mythology and The Lord of the Rings"
- By John C. Hunter (from Journal of Modern Literature Volume 29, Number 2)
- Chronology
- Contributors
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
External link[edit | edit source]
- J.R.R. Tolkien (Modern Critical Views) at the Internet Archive (available to borrow for free)