Although Tolkien's literary works have, over the past few decades, attracted a considerable and varied body of criticism, much of this material is inaccessible, unreflective, and repetitive. Most criticism has concentrated on his sources and biographical influences, but such studies generally do not look beyond his interest in medieval literature. Nonetheless, Tolkien's writings have links and resonances with the whole of English literature from Old Norse traditions to contemporary literary thought. This book corrects a striking imbalance in Tolkien scholarship by placing his works within a larger literary context.
The volume ranges over the entire history of English literature, including oral narrative tradition, Anglo-Saxon poetry, medieval romance, Renaissance poetics, 19th-century adventure stories, modern art, and contemporary fantasy. Each chapter is written by an expert contributor who demonstrates Tolkien's relation to an earlier literary movement and examines the literary resonances of his works from a variety of informed perspectives. By grounding Tolkien's writings within the larger canon of literature, the book argues that his works actually fall within the mainstream literary tradition.

J.R.R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-earth (Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Literature & Fiction

Timmons, Daniel

Clark, George

British & Irish

Praeger

Sir George Clark discusses war as a factor for good and ill in European society in the seventeenth century. In particular, he shows how war helped to determine the emergence of modern Europe from a society geographically, politically and doctrinally confused: what Sir George calls the mêlée of the early part of the century. His first chapter stresses that war was accepted as part of the order of society. It was considered a legitimate instrument of policy, provided that it was just. The next chapter examines 'War as a Collision of Societies' and analyses the effect on war of religious issues, questions of manpower, supply and the relationship between trade and national policy (including some important remarks on the alleged nature of mercantilism). 'War in the European Community' examines the possibility of more civilised reactions to war - especially to atrocities. The final chapters deal with particular aspects: the depredations of the Barbary Corsairs on the trade of civilised Europe and the views held in the seventeenth century on the cycle of war and peace.

War and Society in the Seventeenth Century (The Wiles Lectures)

History

Europe

Cambridge University Press

History of Staining

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Williams Wilkins

With this volume, twelve distinguished scholars from Europe, Iceland, and North America honor the memory of Frederic Amory with contributions to the field of Old Norse-Icelandic studies. Topics treated include, inter alia, several in which Amory did important work, such as skaldic poetics, the locutions of poetry, and saga narrative techniques. CONTRIBUTIONS BY RICHARD PERKINS; RUSSELL POOLE; JOHN LINDOW; MARVIN TAYLOR; ÁSDÍS EGILSDÓTTIR; THEODORE M. ANDERSSON; GEORGE CLARK; MARIA BONNER; RORY MCTURK; ÞORLEIFUR HAUKSSON;HANS FIX; and ANATOLY LIBERMAN

Frederic Amory in Memoriam: Old Norse-Icelandic Studies

Education & Teaching

Lindow, John

Schools & Teaching

North Pinehurst Press

1983, Hard back book with double columned text.

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITIAN; [EDITED AND ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DR.J. WESTWOOD]

WESTWOOD, J.N.

Octupus Books

Introduction to Human Ecology

Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.

Natural Disasters

Earth Sciences

Beowulf (Twayne's English Authors Series)

History & Criticism

Twayne Pub

Best I Can Wish You

Ampersand Pr

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT144365With a half-title and an index. A slip of "Additional corrections" is pasted onto the errata leaf.London: printed by H. L. Galabin: and sold by E. and R. Brooke and J. Rider; B. Hennington; P. Norbury, Brentford; and W. Grainge, Uxbridge, 1800. xiii, 3],509, 3]p.; 8 "

Memoranda legalia: or an alphabetical digest of the laws of England: adapted to the use of the lawyer, the merchant, and the trader. By George Clark, ...

Legal History

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

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