One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology
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| One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology | |
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| Author | Anne C. Petty |
| Publisher | Alabama: The University of Alabama Press |
| Released | 28 April 1979 |
| Format | Hardcover (22 × 14.5 cm) |
| Pages | 122 |
| ISBN | 0-8173-7328-4 |
One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology is a study of the folkloristic and mythic structure of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, applying the theories of scholars Joseph Campbell, Vladimir Propp, amd Claude Lévi-Strauss. The book was based on Anne C. Petty's Ph.D. thesis: The Creative Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien: A Study of the Mythic Impulse (Florida State University, 1972; iii, 144 leaves).
Revised edition
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In 2002, a revised edition was published, including a new introduction (pp. [xi]-xxi) and an updated bibliography (pp. [118]-121).
- 2002: One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology. Alabama: University of Alabama Press, [September] 2002. xxi, 124 pp. 21.5 × 14 cm. ISBN 0-8173-1205-6 (pbk): $18.95.
