Tolkien: A Critical Assessment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349221356)

Few attempts have been made to arrive at a sober assessment of Tolkien's achievement as a literary artist, and even fewer to define a place for him in twentieth-century literature. This book is a comprehensive and discriminating introduction to Tolkien's work which also aims to redress these deficiencies in earlier criticism. Two chapters are devoted to The Lord of the Rings: a third explores the bewildering profusion of shorter works; the last considers the significance of Tolkien's life and career in the century of modernism.

Author: B. Rosebury
ISBN-10: 134922135X
ISBN-13: 9781349221356
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/12/1992
Pages: 167
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d