A Dictionary of Sources of Tolkien - The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World

Informationen zum Autor David Day was born and brought up in Canada. He has published many books in the fields of poetry, ecology, natural history, fantasy and mythology and a number of award-winning children's books. His writing has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. His enduring fascination with complex mythologies led him to J.R.R. Tolkien and Day is best known for his best-selling books on the life and works of that author. It all began with the publication of A Tolkien Bestiary (1979), a lavishly illustrated book that for the first time gave readers of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings some indication of the immense scope of Tolkien's mythology and cosmology. Day's subsequent books include Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia (1992), The World of Tolkien: The Mythological Sources of Lord of the Rings (2002). An Atlas of Tolkien and its companion volume, A Dictionary of Tolkien , were the first two books of a seven-volume reference library and more recently, The Illustrated World of Tolkien (2019) and The Illustrated World of Tolkien: The Second Age (2023), celebrate more than 40 years of Day's works and delve into the lesser-known parts of Tolkien's legendarium. Klappentext A resource on the historical and mythological sources that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books. Draws attention to the ideas referenced from the "Volsunga Saga", the "Nibelungenlied" and the "Ring Cycle". Zusammenfassung The history and mythology that inspired Tolkien's world.

Product details

• Authors: David Day
• Publisher: Conran Octopus Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2019
• EAN: 9780753733936
• ISBN: 978-0-7537-3393-6
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 216 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fantasy, REFERENCE / Encyclopedias, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Literature: history & criticism, Literary essays, Literature: history and criticism, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works, Fantasy art