Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299901063 (1299901069)
Publish date: January 1st 2013
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
This isn't a complete biography of Tolkien but instead a detailed account of the careers of Tolkien and his three closest friends, collectively "the TCBSites" during WWI which goes on to discuss how the war affected Tolkien's creative output, making a convincing case that it is here, rather than in ...
I finished this Tuesday and since I have to take it back to the library on Friday, I will have a real review by then.To tide you over till that happy day - This is a well-written, fascinating look at a particular moment in Tolkien's life that deepened my understanding of Tolkien's work and made me a...
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