J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

This meticulous biography traces Tolkien's life from his boyhood and formative school years to his career as an influential scholar and revolutionary writer.

J.r.r. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Literature & Fiction

Jones, Leslie Ellen

British & Irish

Greenwood Pub Group

This meticulous biography traces Tolkien's life from his boyhood in South Africa to his formative school years in England, his college years at Oxford, and his career as an influential scholar and revolutionary writer. His immensely popular books are discussed in great detail, from their inception as ideas through their publication and remarkable legacy. This biography will appeal to students who are fans of Tolkien's books, as well as those who are new to the world of Middle Earth. Included are an extensive bibliography of poems, fiction, and scholarly work written by Tolkien, and a further reading section listing important biographies, letter collections, and critical studies of Tolkien's works. A timeline provides the reader with a comprehensive list of the events of his life and career.
Tolkien's outer life was relatively calm, yet his scholarship and stories are remembered as one of the 20th century's most astonishing achievements. First as a student at Oxford University, then as a professor, Tolkien was fascinated with languages and philology and used the worlds he studied to shape the one he was creating. After years of nominal success, The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings erupted into popularity, bringing fantasy fiction to the forefront of popular culture in America, and ultimately the world.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Greenwood

This meticulous biography traces Tolkien's life from his boyhood in South Africa to his formative school years in England, his college years at Oxford, and his career as an influential scholar and revolutionary writer. His immensely popular books are discussed in great detail, from their inception as ideas through their publication and remarkable legacy. This biography will appeal to students who are fans of Tolkien's books, as well as those who are new to the world of Middle Earth. Included are an extensive bibliography of poems, fiction, and scholarly work written by Tolkien, and a further reading section listing important biographies, letter collections, and critical studies of Tolkien's works. A timeline provides the reader with a comprehensive list of the events of his life and career.Tolkien's outer life was relatively calm, yet his scholarship and stories are remembered as one of the 20th century's most astonishing achievements. First as a student at Oxford University, then as a professor, Tolkien was fascinated with languages and philology and used the worlds he studied to shape the one he was creating. After years of nominal success, The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings erupted into popularity, bringing fantasy fiction to the forefront of popular culture in America, and ultimately the world.

Reference

The origins of modern witchcraft - Wicca - are shrouded in mystery and controversy. One thing is certain: until the 20th century, "witches" were almost universally viewed as threatening figures whose main aim was to steal fertility, yet modern Wiccans are devoted to respecting the forces of nature and cosmic balance. How did this change take place? "From Witch to Wicca" looks at popular beliefs about witches from classical times to the Enlightenment, drawing on new research on the connections between European witches, shamans and folk ideas about the supernatural world, and shows how modern Wicca's roots may be far different, and far older, than is commonly believed. In doing so, it explains what today's Wicca is all about- a modern religion that many people have seen portrayed on TV and in movies but which few understand.

From Witch to Wicca

History

Europe

Cold Spring Press

This book is the first attempt to look at the changing figure of the druid as a continuum from classical times to the present. The book examines our dualistic understanding to druids (druid as both priest and shaman) through the fields of anthropology, folklore and archaeology from the Celtic society in the iron Age, through medieval Welsh and Irish texts, to the resurgence of interest in druidism in the 18th century. The final section looks at the popular image of the druid in late 20th century Britain and America.

Druid Shaman Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Hisarlik Pr

J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction, especially "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", made him a world-renowned fantasy writer. These tales were based on Tolkien's personal mythology of a place he called Middle-Earth, but Middle-Earth was strongly influenced by the myths and legends of Dark Age Europe that Tolkien studied professionally as a professor at Oxford University. This title takes a popular - not academic - look at the mythic world and mythic themes that inspired Tolkien, not only the Germanic and Norse mythology that most experts discuss, but also Celtic and Finnish myths. It talks of the journeys and quests that inspired Tolkien, dragon myths, beliefs in supernatural, non-human races such as dwarves and elves, the role and function of the warrior, the nature of heroism and more.

Myth & Middle-Earth: Exploring the Medieval Legends Behind J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

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J.r.r. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

From Witch to Wicca

Druid Shaman Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism

Myth & Middle-Earth: Exploring the Medieval Legends Behind J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings