Tolkien was undoubtedly one of the most accomplished philologists of this century, yet it is perhaps for his fantastic mythological and legendary stories that he is best remembered. The papers in this collection mark the centenary of the birth of this remarkable and imaginative storyteller whose work was steeped in medieval literature, religion and culture. The papers themselves range widely. They place Tolkien within the broader contexts of children's writers and the folk-fairy convention, and discuss such classics as The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The sources and influences of his 'mythology for England' are also discussed.

A tribute to J.R.R. Tolkien, 3 January 1892-2 September 1973: Centenary (Miscellanea congregalia)

Rosemary Gray

Literature & Fiction

University of South Africa

<p>This book is selected by Rosemary Gray. Scotland has a notoriously rich and diverse cultural tradition when it comes to the supernatural. Many of her greatest writers from Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg to Robert Louis Stevenson and John Buchan have explored the country's unique folkloric heritage to spine-chilling effect. From Highlands to Lowlands, from blasted heath or remote glen to wretched hovel or austere castle, the very topography lends itself somehow to the strange and unexplainable. Leading off Edinburgh's colourful Royal Mile, which runs from the Palace of Holyrood to the gaunt castle on the rock, there are many narrow 'wynds' - passages ancient and mysterious. As soon as you leave the sunshine and enter these dark and reeking ways you know that you are in a city full of ghosts and spirits - unhappy souls condemned for ever to roam this antique city. Tormented spectres like them throng the pages of this disquieting collection. Lock your door, turn up the lights, put extra logs on the fire and as you start to read utter a fervent prayer. From ghoulies and ghosties And long-leggety beasties And things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us! If this plea fails to work and they choose to come for you, despair; there is no hope; there is no escape. In truth, dear reader, if you are of a nervous disposition and liable to fearings and fantasies we are not sure this book is entirely suitable for you. You have been warned.</p>

Scottish Ghost Stories (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural)

Genre Fiction

Wordsworth Editions Ltd.

A Treasury Of Memorable Quotations

Blue Heron

Hundreds of aphoristic quotations are collected together in this entertaining anthology, encapsulating what man has found maddening, saddening but generally true over the ages.

A Treasury of Memorable Quotations

Reference

Quotations

Macmillan Collector’s Library

Tennyson's "O That 'Twere Possible" is just one of the offerings in this collection of hundreds of short English poems. Some of the verses are tragic, some hilarious, and some deeply moving and philosophical.

A Treasury of Shorter Verse

Poetry

Collector's Library

Over one thousand limericks feature in this anthology - clean, dirty, filthy and frankly obscene. It contains limericks that are historical, geographical, wistful, whimsical, clerical and medical - and almost all of them fantastical.

A Thousand and One Limericks

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Crw Pub Ltd

The Collector's Library Everlasting Diary

Ginkgo biloba

Le Grand livre du mois

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