Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780708323724)

Tolkien once wrote: 'I love Wales - and especially the Welsh language'. This book explores how that love influenced Tolkien's ideas about language, many aspects of his creative writing, and his sense of an English identity. It describes more fully than before the extent and depth of Tolkien's debt to Welsh language and literature, and argues that Tolkien's love of Wales and Welsh is inseparable from his love of, and sense of belonging to, England. The book gives detailed attention to both Tolkien's fiction and his scholarly writings, including some relatively neglected texts. Wales and Welsh were seminal influences on the writings of the twentieth century's most popular writer and this book reveals the range and depth of these influences.

Author: Carl Phelpstead
ISBN-10: 0708323723
ISBN-13: 9780708323724
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2011
Pages: 183
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 0.80d