3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien: An unauthorised biography of the world's most revered fantasy writer

Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book 3-Minute J.R.R. Tolkien: An unauthorised biography of the world's most revered fantasy writer by Gary Raymond, The Ivy Press
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Author: Gary Raymond ISBN: 9781782400233
Publisher: The Ivy Press Publication: January 28, 2013
Imprint: Ivy Press Language: English
Author: Gary Raymond
ISBN: 9781782400233
Publisher: The Ivy Press
Publication: January 28, 2013
Imprint: Ivy Press
Language: English

As Peter Jackson’s cinematic hobbits set forth, 3-Minute Tolkien celebrates the enduring influence of the world’s most revered fantasy writer. It offers a readable, absorbing structure, dividing J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and cultural contribution into 60 neat portions, every one digestible in a mere three minutes: 20 mini-sections each on Life, Work and Influence.

From a childhood inventing new languages in the sylvan landscape of the Severn valley, through a First World War that saw him witness the horrors of the Somme, to academic success founded on a passion for Old English tales, we trace Tolkien’s life and look at the way in which it informs his creation of imaginary worlds so intricately mapped that modern readers, writers and artists continue to explore them in a quest for their myths, monsters and meaning.

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As Peter Jackson’s cinematic hobbits set forth, 3-Minute Tolkien celebrates the enduring influence of the world’s most revered fantasy writer. It offers a readable, absorbing structure, dividing J.R.R. Tolkien’s life and cultural contribution into 60 neat portions, every one digestible in a mere three minutes: 20 mini-sections each on Life, Work and Influence.

From a childhood inventing new languages in the sylvan landscape of the Severn valley, through a First World War that saw him witness the horrors of the Somme, to academic success founded on a passion for Old English tales, we trace Tolkien’s life and look at the way in which it informs his creation of imaginary worlds so intricately mapped that modern readers, writers and artists continue to explore them in a quest for their myths, monsters and meaning.

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