The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

Presents a comprehensive reader's companion to J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "Lord of the Rings, and examines its literary and historical importance, connections between this and other works by Tolkien, the structure and meaning of the work, and much more.

Wayne G. Hammond

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co.

2005

Christina Scull

lxxxii, 894 pages ; 23 cm.

Preface -- A brief history of The lord of the rings -- Chronologies, calendars, and moons -- Preliminaries -- The maps of The lord of the rings -- Foreword to the second edition -- Prologue -- The fellowship of the ring -- The two towers -- The return of the king -- Appendices. A. Annals of the kings and rulers ; B. The tale of years ; C. Family trees ; D. Calendars ; E. Writing and spelling ; F. The languages and peoples of the Third Age: on translation -- Extracts from a letter by J.R.R. Tolkien to Milton Waldman,?late 1951, on The lord of the rings -- Nomenclature of The lord of the rings / by J.R.R. Tolkien -- Changes to the editions of 2004-5.

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