J.R.R. TOLKIEN - Robinson, Jeremy Mark
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN: POCKET GUIDE A new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of the 20th century, and his great works: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This guide is clearly written for the general reader, offering an all-round introduction to this hugely popular writer. The book is full of illuminating facts and details about Tolkien and his works. The text has been revised for this edition. EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION Philip Toynbee declared, in 1961, that Tolkien's 'childish books had passed into a merciful oblivion', a…mehr

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN: POCKET GUIDE A new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of the 20th century, and his great works: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This guide is clearly written for the general reader, offering an all-round introduction to this hugely popular writer. The book is full of illuminating facts and details about Tolkien and his works. The text has been revised for this edition. EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION Philip Toynbee declared, in 1961, that Tolkien's 'childish books had passed into a merciful oblivion', a wonderful statement, just a tad inaccurate. In 1997, The Lord of the Rings was voted the top book of the 20th century by readers in a British bookstore's poll (Waterstone's). 104 out of 105 stores and 25,000 readers put The Lord of the Rings at the top (1984 was second). Around 100 million copies of The Lord of the Rings had been sold by the end of the twentieth century, and 60 million copies of The Hobbit, with sales of around 3 million per year of the two books combined. Readers just love reading Tolkien's books. It's that simple. You can't force people to buy books or go see movies; there's isn't a magic formula (or ruling ring) to hypnotize readers and consumers (if there was, it'd be worth billions). And the Tolkien phenomenon began with readers. Back in 1937, 1954 and 1955, the publishers Allen & Unwin did their bit, of course, with reviews, blurbs, advertizing and so on, promoting The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as did the critics, but it was readers who first started the phenomenon that has become truly global. Tolkien's influence on literature has been considerable, too, and not just in the realm of fantasy, sci-fi, fairy tales and related genres. As fantasy author Terry Brooks said, Tolkien 'was the premier fantasy writer of the last century, and all of us writing today owe him a huge debt.' No other writer W.H. Auden reckoned had 'created an imaginary world and a history in such detail'. Colin Wilson agreed that only a few writers have concocted a total universe, and that Tolkien's was very impressive. Tolkien's mythological writings may be the 'largest body of invented mythology in the history of literature', according to David Day. Invented, that is, by one person. It's also 'certainly the most complex and detailed invented world in all literature'. Jeremy Robinson has written many critical studies, including Steven Spielberg, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean-Luc Godar, and The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky, plus literary monographs on: Samuel Beckett; Thomas Hardy; André Gide; Robert Graves; and Lawrence Durrell. Includes bibliography, illustrations, appendices and notes. ISBN 9781861714763. 272 pages. www.crmoon.com
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JEREMY ROBINSON has published poetry, ¿ction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, André Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Books on film and animation include: The Akira Book ¿ The Art of Katsuhiro Otomo ¿ The Art of Masamune Shirow ¿ The Ghost In the Shell Book ¿ Fullmetal Alchemist ¿ Cowboy Bebop: The Anime and Movie ¿ The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki ¿ Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide ¿ Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick ¿ Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Cinema of Donald Cammell ¿ Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Pasolini: Il Cinema di Poesia/ The Cinema of Poetry ¿ Salo: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Trilogy of Life Movies: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Gospel According To Matthew: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Ecstatic Cinema of Tony Ching Siu-tung ¿ Tsui Hark: The Dragon Master of Chinese Cinema ¿ The Swordsman: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ A Chinese Ghost Story: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover ¿ Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams ¿ The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Lord of the Rings Movies ¿ The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide ¿ Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema ¿ The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky ¿ Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide.