Tolkien did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 1960s his books, particularly Lord of the Rings, became a political badge and an interpretative text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and Tolkien - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writing, film, video- and board-game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received.
Tolkien did not, at least initially, write for a mass audience. Yet for many in the 1960s his books, particularly Lord of the Rings, became a political badge and an interpretative text. Widely translated, his fiction won the accolade both of parody and of its own learned journal; rock bands took names from his characters; and Tolkien - or how he was read - demonstrably affected modern fantasy, in writing, film, video- and board-game. This book explores how his work came to be so diversely received.
J. R. R. Tolkien
128
J. R. R. Tolkien
128Paperback
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| ISBN-13: | 9780746307496 |
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| Publisher: | Northcote House Publishers, Limited |
| Publication date: | 09/01/1997 |
| Series: | Writers and Their Work Series |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.33(w) x 8.41(h) x 0.32(d) |