1997, ISBN: 0746307497

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[EAN: 9780746307496], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House, Tavistock], Literary Criticism|Science Fiction & Fantasy, 116pp Writers & Their Work Series [In stock in Australia now for immediate d… Plus…

[EAN: 9780746307496], Neubuch, [PU: Northcote House, Tavistock], Literary Criticism|Science Fiction & Fantasy, 116pp Writers & Their Work Series [In stock in Australia now for immediate despatch] Tolkien was a specialist in the recherche field. He did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 1960s his books, particually Lord of the Rings, became a political badge and an interpretive text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and 'Tolkien' - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writng, film, video - and board game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received. Dr Moseley's critical discussion examines Tolkien's view of fiction as 'sub-creation', exploring his analysis of mythopoeia and of the status of art and literature in elation to his own practice. It is argued that in the critical concerns of Tolkien and his circle lie the key to important issues in his fiction. His use of linguistic game and literary pastiche is explored without obscuring his emotional commitment to the making of myths that expressed some of his deepest fears of the world he experienced. Charles Moseley has taught in the University of Cambridge for many years where he is now Director of Studies in English at Wolfson College. He has lectured extensively in the USA and is the author of many books including: The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1983), Shakespeare's History Plays 'Richard II to Henry V': The Making of a KIng (1987) and The Poetic Birth: Milton's Poems of 1645 (1990). His most recent work is a volume of autobiography A Field Full of Folk (1995).<

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Paperback, [PU: Liverpool University Press], This book explores how J.R.R Tolkien's work came to be so diversely received., Biography: General