Martin S. Monsch

Switzerland in Tolkien's Middle-Earth (eBook, ePUB)

In the footsteps of his adventurous summer journey in 1911 - with hiking suggestions and a foreword by John Howe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A journey in search of Middle-earth In 1911, at the age of nineteen, J. R. R. Tolkien embarked on an adventurous journey through the Swiss Alps; with a heavy pack, he hiked over many high passes. More than fifty years later, he mentioned in a letter to his son Michael that this trip had deeply affected him. Bilbo's journey in The Hobbit from Rivendell to the other side of the Misty Mountains, he said, was based on his own adventures in 1911. Tolkien himself named a few specific sources of inspiration, most explicitly the Silberhorn (Silverhorn). So I wondered: Was this perhaps only the tip of the iceberg? Following in Tolkien's footsteps, I myself set out into the spectacular mountain world with its stories, myths, and legends, in search of his sources of inspiration; and little by little, a vivid and mysterious world revealed itself to me: a world that helped shape Middle-earth. More than 100 color images accompany the author's research and discovery journey, along with 11 hiking and 3 road trip suggestions that allow readers to recreate Tolkien's experience with all its impressions themselves in the Swiss mountains. "This book is above all else an invitation to step into Tolkien's hiking shoes, shoulder his pack, and step back a century into a world which is as far from today as Middle-earth is from our world; a guidebook of impressions, a walking tour of the nature of imagination and the imagination of nature." - John Howe

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Martin S. Monsch
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783907323052
• Artikelnr.: 62335650

Autorenporträt

Having grown up in the gardens and riverlands of Eglisau and the mountains of Davos in Switzerland, Martin Monsch now keeps his head above water in the lake-town of Zurich. After completing his Ph.D. at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich and conducting research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, he is currently living out his fascination for puzzles and innovations in his own book and IT projects. He draws inspiration above all from history and nature.