J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia - Scholarship and Critical Assessment

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field.

List of contents

Alphabetical List of Entries, Thematic List of Entries, Introduction, Conventions and Abbreviations, Entries A to Z 1, Index

About the author

Michael D. C. Drout

Summary

A detailed work of reference and scholarship, this one volume Encyclopedia includes discussions of all the fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship written by the leading scholars in the field.

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'This is an excellent resource for serious scholars of English literature as well as those with a general interest in Tolkien.' - Reference Reviews
'The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia presents the latest scholarship on Tolkien written by the leading scholars in the field..[it] is essential for students, teachers, scholars, as well as the general reader interested in J.R.R. Tolkien and his writings' Inklings - Jahrbuch 25

Product details

• Authors: Michael D. C. Drout, Michael D.C. Drout
• Assisted by: Michael D. C. Drout (Editor), Michael D.C. Drout (Editor), Michael D.C. out (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415865111
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86511-1
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 275 mm x 42 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature & literary studies, Reference works, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Biography, Literature and Literary studies