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Frodo's wound : why The lord of the rings is a great book

Title
Frodo's wound : why The lord of the rings is a great book / Krishnan Venkatesh.
Author
Venkatesh, Krishnan
Publication
  • Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
256 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973
  • Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J. R. R.)
  • Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism
  • Fantasy fiction, English
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Literary criticism.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING -- 1. Midway in the Journey of Our Life -- 2. On Getting Lost -- 3. "Who Is Tom Bombadil?" -- 4. Uncles -- 5. Lyric and Heroic -- 6. Samwise the Wise -- 7. Tolkien the Terrible -- 8. Gollum, Soul of the Book -- 9. The Fuzzy Distance -- 10. The Balrog: Dread from the Depths -- 11. Lothlorien: The Worst Wound -- pt. 2 THE TWO TOWERS -- 12. A Haze of Gold -- 13. The Love of Trees -- 14. The Art of Writing Terrain -- 15. "The World Is Gnawed by Nameless Things" -- 16. Tolkien the Terrible (2) -- 17. Tolkien's Subtlety -- 18. Frodo's Laughter -- 19. "An Evil Thing in Spider-Form" -- pt. 3 THE RETURN OF THE KING -- 20. The Art of the "Meanwhile" -- 21. "The Insupportable Weight of Middle-earth" -- 22. "A Hutch to Trammel Some Wild Thing In" -- 23. Denethor the Asura -- 24. Athelas: A Cure for Spiritual Sickness -- 25. Why Tolkien Is so Enjoyable to Read Aloud -- 26. Mount Doom: Climax or Anticlimax? -- 27. For Eowyn, a Trammel? -- 28. Ceremonial Heroism -- 29. Multiple Endings -- 30. Frodo's Wound -- 31. Sam's Deep Breath: The Exquisite Ending -- 32. Adult Consolations: Tolkien on Fantasy.
Call Number
JFD 22-1479
ISBN
  • 0881468010
  • 9780881468014
OCLC
1258656599
Author
Venkatesh, Krishnan, author.
Title
Frodo's wound : why The lord of the rings is a great book / Krishnan Venkatesh.
Publisher
Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 22-1479
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