The Keys of Middle-Earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien

ISBN-13: 9781403946713 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 284 str.

Stuart D. Lee; Elizabeth Solopova

Opis

The Keys of Middle-Earth introduces the reader to the world of medieval literature through the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien. Using key episodes in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, readers are taken back to the works of Old, Middle English and Old Norse literature that so influenced Tolkien. The original texts are presented with helpful new translations to help the reader approach the medieval poems and tales, and introductory essays draw on recent scholarship and Tolkien's own unpublished notes.

Recenzje

'[The Keys of Middle Earth] provides a wide range of texts with insightful introductions and commentary on each of the texts that have been chosen for elucidation.' - Professor Shaun F.D. Hughes, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, Purdue University, USA

'The Keys of Middle-earth is ...a much-needed book...The texts, in Old English, Old Norse, and Middle Englsih, are faithfully presented...textual notes are remarkably thorough.' - John R. Holmes, Notes and Queries

Spis treści

How to Use This Book Introduction Background Medieval Literature Thematic and Technical Parallels The Editions The Texts Bibliography Index

O autorze

STUART LEE teaches Old English at the University of Oxford, UK, and has also taught Old English at London University, and for Oxford and Cambridge's continuing Education department. He publishes in Old English Literature, but also on World War I Poetry, and e-learning.

ELIZABETH SOLOPOVA works in the Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, and teaches Medieval English Literature and the History of English Language at the Departments of Continuing Education in Oxford and Cambridge. She publishes on Old and Middle English literature, medieval manuscripts and historical linguistics.