The fellowship of the ring : being the first part of The lord of the rings
by Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.
Print Book 1986 |
Available at 13 Libraries 14 of 29 copies |
Summary
The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien's three-volume epic, is set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth - home to many strange beings, and most notably hobbits, a peace-loving "little people," cheerful and shy. Since its original British publication in 1954-55, the saga has entranced readers of all ages. It is at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale. Critic Michael Straight has hailed it as one of the "very few works of genius in recent literature." Middle-earth is a world receptive to poets, scholars, children, and all other people of good will. Donald Barr has described it as "a scrubbed morning world, and a ringing nightmare world...especially sunlit, and shadowed by perils very fundamental, of a peculiarly uncompounded darkness." The story of ths world is one of high and heroic adventure. Barr compared it to Beowulf, C.S. Lewis to Orlando Furioso, W.H. Auden to The Thirty-nine Steps. In fact the saga is sui generis - a triumph of imagination which springs to life within its own framework and on its own terms.
Additional Information
Series |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings (1986) ; pt. 1. #1 - The Fellowship of the ring #2 - The Two towers #3 - The Return of the king |
Subjects |
Baggins, Frodo
-- Fiction.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) -- Fiction. Fantasy fiction. |
Publisher | Boston :Houghton Mifflin Co.,1986 |
Edition | 2nd ed. |
Language |
English |
Notes |
"The text of this edition ... constitutes an authoritative edition"--T.p. verso. "Note on the text" / Douglas A. Anderson: p. [v]-viii. |
Description |
viii, 423 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
ISBN | 9780395489314 (hardcover) 0395489318 (hardcover) 9780395272237 (pbk.) 0395272238 (pbk.) 9780395082546 (hardcover) 0395082544 (hardcover) |
Other | Classic View |