The Lord of the Rings

Description:

"An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the modern world. Jane Chance's critical appraisal of Tolkien's heroic masterwork is the first to explore its "mythology of power" - that is, how power, politics, and language interact. Chance looks beyond the fantastic, self-contained world of Middle-earth to the twentieth-century parallels presented in the trilogy."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: English Fantasy fiction,  English Political fiction,  Fantasy fiction, English,  History,  History and criticism,  Literature and society,  Middle Earth (Imaginary place),  Myth in literature,  Political and social views,  Political fiction, English,  Politics and literature,  Power (Social sciences) in literature,  Political fiction, history and criticism,  Fantasy fiction, history and criticism,  Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973,  Mythology in literature

People: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 20th century