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The Keys Of Middle-Earth

Name: The Keys Of Middle-Earth
Author: Stuart D. Lee
ISBN: 9781403946720

by Stuart D. Lee, Elizabeth Solopova

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Overview

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the reader approach the medieval poems and tales, and introductory essays draw on recent scholarship and Tolkien's own unpublished notes.

Synopsis

Introduces Old and Middle English Literature through Tolkein's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings.

About the Author, Stuart D. Lee

Stuart Lee teaches Old English at the University of Oxford. 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.