There and Back Again ：J R R Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit

Publication subTitle ：J R R Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit

Author： Atherton Mark  

Publisher： I.B.Tauris‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9780857721662

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781780762463

Subject： I106 the classics and study

Keyword： 作品评论和研究,各体文学理论和创作方法

Language： ENG

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Chapter

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

PART 1. Shaping the plot

1.‘We must away ere break of day’

2. Fairy-stories and animal fables

3. ‘A green great dragon’

4. ‘The Heart of the Mountain’

5. Return to Bag End

PART 2. Making the mythology the Book of Lost Tales

6. The English country house and its myths

7. William Guest

8. ‘The lonely sea and the sky’

9. ‘Far over the Misty Mountains cold'

10. Goblin wars

11. Literary myth and the Great War

12. Visions of peace

PART 3. Finding the words

13. Early lessons in philology

14. Tolkien as word-collector

15. Rhymes and riddles

16. Dialect matters

Epilogue

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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