The Road to Middle-Earth
Book of literary criticism of Tolkien / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology is a scholarly study of the Middle-earth works of J. R. R. Tolkien written by Tom Shippey and first published in 1982. The book discusses Tolkien's philology, and then examines in turn the origins of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and his minor works. An appendix discusses Tolkien's many sources. Two further editions extended and updated the work, including a discussion of Peter Jackson's film version of The Lord of the Rings.
Author | Tom Shippey |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Subject | Middle-earth |
Genre | Literary criticism |
Publisher | Allen & Unwin |
Publication date | 1982 (3rd. ed. 2005) |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
ISBN | 978-0-261-10275-0 |
OCLC | 60000827 |
The book's various versions, including new editions in 1993 and 2005, have been welcomed by Tolkien scholars and others as rigorous, convincing, and "the single best book written on Tolkien".[1] Shippey won the 1984 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies for the book.