Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings"

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Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings"

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Author(s):

Lin Carter

First Pub:

1969

Genre(s):

Non-Fiction; Resource Book

First Read:

1980

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Subject(s):

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings

Chapters:

See 21

Note - Author's Note

Introduction

1 - The Lives and Times of Professor Tolkien

2 - How The Lord of the Rings Came to be Written

3 - Tolkien Today

4 - Of Middle-earth and the Story of The Hobbit

5 - The Story of The Fellowship of the Ring

6 - The Story of The Two Towers

7 - The Story of The Return of the King

8 - The Trilogy - Satire of Allegory?

9 - Tolkien's Theory of the Fairy Story

10 - Fantasy in the Classical Epic

11 - Fantasy in the Chanson de Geste

12 - Fantasy in the Medieval Romance

13 - The Men Who Invented Fantasy

14 - Tolkien's Basic Sources

15 - On the Naming of Names

16 - Some People, Places, and Things

Postscipt - After Tolkien

Appendix - A: A Checklist of Critical Literature on The Lord of the Rings

Appendix - B: A Selected Bibliography

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Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

This book is for all those
who have found, or will find,
pleasure in The Lord of the Rings.
And in particular, it is for
JOHN CLOSSON,
who has been waiting a very
long time to read it.

First Sentence:

Suddenly it seems that nearly everyone is reading a very long peculiar book called The Lord of the Rings.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

When and if it is completed and published, it will be called Kyymyrium: The City of the Hundred Kings, from the Coming of Aviathar the Lion to the Passing of Spheridion the Doomed.

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Added: 22-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 03-Apr-2023

Publications

01-Nov-1978

Ballantine Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Nov-1978

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.95

Pages*:

212

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

ISBN:

0-345-27539-X

ISBN-13:

978-0-345-27539-4

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Curtis Woodbridge - Cover Artist

TOLKIEN'S WORLD

"This survey of Tolkieniana is filled with the kind of information to gladden a hobbit fancier's heart... it delves into Professor Tolkien's life, the inspiration and sources of The Lord of the Rings, and examines the genre of fantasy romance in general..."
- San Francisco Examiner

"...certain to please the hundreds of thousands of those who have enjoyed the three novels..."
- Best Sellers

- WHAT'S INSIDE -

The Lives and Times of Professor Tolkien
How The Lord of the Rings Came to be Written
The Trilogy - Satire or Allegory?
Tolkien's Theory of the Fairy Story
Tolkien's Basic Sources
On the Naming of Names
Some People, Places, and Things
The Men Who Invented Fantasy

- And many more fascinating chapters

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Edition: March 1969
Fifteenth Printing: November 1978

Author(s)

Lin Carter
Birth: 09 Jun 1930 St. Petersburg, Florida, US
Death: 07 Feb 1988 Montclair, New Jersey, US

Notes:

Lin Carter (June 9, 1930 - February 7, 1988) was born and raised in St Petersburg, Florida. He later returned there after serving in the US Army in the Korean Conflict where he received a Purple Heart. He moved to New York City and attended Columbia University in 1953 and 1954. He worked as a copywriter for law firms, ad agencies, and book publishers. In 1969 he became a full-time writer, editor and anthologist of fantasy & science fiction until his death in February 7, 1988.

Fantasy was Carter's great favorite genre and the most of his writings were about "Swords and Sorcery". He began writing stories while in high school with L Frank Baum, Edgar Rice Burroughs and J.R.R. Tolkien being his major influences.

Lin became an editor at Ballantine Books where he reprinted many of his earlier works. Dell and DAW also published a lot of Lin Carter's stories.

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