Tolkien And The Great War: Threshold Of Middle-Earth John Garth Harpercollins Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays Literary Reference

* Tolkien Now A Major Motion Picture Acclaimed As ‘The Best Book About Tolkien’ This Award-Winning Biography Explores J R Tolkien’s Wartime Experiences And Their Impact On His Life Writing Of The Hobbit Lord Rings “To Be Caught In Youth By 1914 Was No Less Hideous An Experience Than 1939 … 1918 All But One My Close Friends Were Dead ” So Responded To Critics Who Saw Reaction Second World War Great Tells For First Time Full Story How He Embarked Creation Middle-Earth Around Him Plunged Into Catastrophe Reveals Horror Heroism That Experienced Signals Officer Battle Somme Introduces Circle Spurred Mythology It Shows After Two These Brilliant Young Men Killed Pursued Dream They Had Shared Launching Epic Good Evil John Garth Argues Foundation Tragic Is Key Middle-Earth’s Enduring Power Used Mythic Imagination Not Escape From Reality Reflect Transform Cataclysm Generation While Contemporaries Surrendered Disillusionment Kept Enchantment Alive Reshaping Entire Literary Tradition Form Resonates Day Substantially New Since 1977 Meticulously Researched Distilled Personal Papers Multitude Other Sources Σελίδες: 416 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm