Tolkien On Fairy-stories Expanded Edition, with Commentary and Notes
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J.R.R. Tolkien'sOn Fairy-storiesis his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectualtour de forcevital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in writingThe Lord of the Rings.Contained within is an introduction to Tolkien's original 1939 lecture and the history of the writing ofOn Fairy-stories, with previously unseen material. Here, at last, Flieger and Anderson reveal the extraordinary genesis of this seminal work and discuss how the conclusions that Tolkien reached during the composition of the essay would shape his writing for the rest of his life.
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- Name of the Author
- Edited by Verlyn Flieger & Douglas A. Anderson
J. R. R. Tolkien - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007244669
- Release date
- 2008
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J.R.R. Tolkien'sOn Fairy-storiesis his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his own views on the role of imagination in lit...