Of Sorcerers and Men : Tolkien and the Roots of Modern Fantasy Literature

Michael D. C. Drout

Barnes and Noble Audio

Contains 72 page booklet plus eight CDs in slipcase. Part of the Portable Professor series of audio lectures. From 'The Lord of the Rings' to the Harry Potter series, fantasy novels have captured the imagination of millions of readers and figure prominently on any list of best-loved books. The masters of the genre, authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip Pullman, and J. K. Rowling, have brought to life unforgettable characters who dwell in richly detailed, magical worlds that run according to their own internal logic. In 'Of Sorcerers and Men,' Professor Michael D. C. Drout leads a fascinating tour of the masterworks that defined the genre, paying particular attention to the books of Tolkien, the godfather of fantasy literature as we know it today. Drout's deft assessment provides deeper insights into these beloved creations, and helps readers gain a better understanding of what makes fantasy literature so very appealing. Contents: What is Fantasy Literature? - Origins of Modern Fantasy - Tolkien: Life and Language - The Hobbit - The Fellowship of the Ring - The Two Towers - The Return of the King - The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, and other posthumously published work - Tolkien: Criticism and Theory - Imitations and Reactions: Brooks and Donaldson - Worthy Inheritors: Le Guin and Holdstock - Children's Fantasy - Arthurian Fantasy - Magical Realism and Conclusion.

Of Sorcerers and Men: Tolkien and the Roots of Modern Fantasy Literature

Barnes + Noble Audio

The most important essay in the history of BEOWULF scholarship, J. R. R. Holkien's "Beowulf : The Monsters and the Critics" has, rightly, been much studied and discussed. But scholars of both BEOWULF and Tolkien have to this point been unaware that Tolkien's essay was a reaction of a much longer and more substantial work, BEOWULF AND THE CRITICS, which Tolkien wrote in the 1930s and probably delivered as a series of Oxford lectures. This critical edition of BEOWULF AND THE CRITICS presents both unpublished versions of Tolkien's lecture ('A' and 'B'), each substantially different from the other and from the final, published essay. The edition includes a description of the manuscript, complete textual and explanatory notes, and a detailed critical introduction that explains the place of Tolkien's Anglo-Saxon scholarship both in the history of BEOWULF scholarship and in literary history. BEOWULF AND THE CRITICS will be of interest not only to Anglo-Saxonists, but also to scholars of Tolkien's works and general readers.

Beowulf and the Critics (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, Vol. 248)

Literature & Fiction

J.R.R.Tolkien

History & Criticism

Mrts

Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, Volume I (2004)

Douglas A. Anderson

Verlyn Flieger

Reference

West Virginia Univ Pr

J.r.r. Tolkien Encyclopedia

Routledge

A Way with Words III (The Modern Scholar)

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