Tolkien and the Great War : the threshold of Middle-earth / John Garth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garth, John, 1966-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Childhood and youth.

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Knowledge and learning--History.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

History.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Literature and history.

Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918--England--Literature and the war.

World War, 1914-1918.

Soldiers' writings, English--History and criticism.

Soldiers' writings, English.

Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, English.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.

Soldiers.

World War, 1914-1918--England.

Middle Earth (Imaginary place).

War in literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Summary:

"Tolkien's War" tells for the first time the full story of a young man plunged into catastrophe as a soldier in the Battle of the Somme. This moving book also introduces the school friends who played a crucial part in shaping Tolkien's writing, and shows how the author formed his vast mythology.

Contents:

Part 1: The immortal four

Part 2: Tears unnumbered

Part 3: The lonely isle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-382) and index.

ISBN:

0618331298

OCLC:

53001422