{"product_id":"j-r-r-tolkien-scholar-and-storyteller-9780801478871","title":"J. R. R. Tolkien Scholar and Storyteller","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, a moving and thoughtful tribute, offers fourteen essays dedicated to the both the scholarly work and fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handsome volume is not only in memory of a distinguished scholar and storyteller but in honor of him, also, and merits a prominent place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in medieval studies or in Tolkien's fiction—if indeed his readership can be so nearly divided into two groups.\u003c\/p\u003e * Christianity and Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a book to read and savor many times. Tolkien emerges as a Christian; a learned linguist of Old Celtic, Old Welsh, Old Norse, Old French, Greek, Latin, et al; an artist and storyteller; a humanitarian and family man; and 'the best and worst talker in Oxford—worst for the rapidity and indistinctness of his speech, and best for the penetration, learning, humor, and \"race\" of what he said.'\"—Birmingham News\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cb\u003ePart One\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor J. R. R. Tolkien: Obituary from \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, London, 3 September 1973Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford, 5 June 1959\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby J. R. R. Tolkien\u003c\/i\u003e1. The Man and the Scholar\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby S. T. R. O. d'Ardenne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e Lines 3074–3075\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby A. J. Bliss\u003c\/i\u003e3. Layamon's English Sources\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby P. J. Frankis\u003c\/i\u003e4. God, Death, and Loyalty in \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Maldon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Fred C. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eGeoweorpa\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Once Held in High Esteem\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby E. G. Stanley\u003c\/i\u003e6. Narrative Insight in \u003ci\u003eLaxdœla Saga\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Ursula Dronke\u003c\/i\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eNosce te ipsum\u003c\/i\u003e: Some Medieval Interpretations\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby J. A. W. Bennett\u003c\/i\u003e8. Chaucer's Man of Law and His Tale: The Eccentric Design\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Robert T. Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e9. Chaucer and \"Pite\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Douglas Gray\u003c\/i\u003e10. Make Believe: Chaucer's Rationale of Storytelling in \u003ci\u003eThe House of Fame\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Geoffrey T. Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e11. Moral Chaucer and Kindly Gower\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Rosemary Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three\u003c\/b\u003e12. \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e as Romance\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Derek S. Brewer\u003c\/i\u003e13. The Gospel of Middle-Earth according to J. R. R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby William Dowie\u003c\/i\u003e14. Creation from Philology in \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby T. A. Shippey\u003c\/i\u003eHandlist of the Published Writings of J. R. R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Humphrey Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405158195543,"sku":"9780801478871","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/j-r-r-tolkien-scholar-and-storyteller-9780801478871","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}