J. R. R. Tolkien's the Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion

by Robert T. Tally Jr.

This book is a critical introduction to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, but it also advances an argument about the novel in the context of Tolkien's larger literary and philosophical project. Notwithstanding its canonical place in the fantasy genre, The Hobbit is ultimately a historical novel. It does not refer directly to any "real" historical events, but it both enacts and conceptualizes history in a way that makes it real. Drawing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031112652
• ISBN13: 9783031112652
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"