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

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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert T. Tally JrSeries:Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New CanonPublish date:2022-09-19Pages:101
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031112652ISBN-10:3031112652UPC:9783031112652Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Popular Culture, SociologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.29 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SC87AVDPSF

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 on Marxist literary criticism and narrative theory, this book examines the form and content of Tolkien's work, demonstrating how the heroic romance is simultaneously employed and subverted by Tolkien in his tale of an unlikely hero, "quite a little fellow in a wide world," who nonetheless makes history. First-time readers of Tolkien, as well as established scholars and fans, will enjoy this engaging and accessible study of The Hobbit.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031112652ISBN-10:3031112652UPC:9783031112652Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Popular Culture, SociologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.29 inchesWeight:0.3814Product ID:SC87AVDPSF

Robert T. Tally Jr. is a Professor of English at Texas State University, USA. His books include For a Ruthless Critique of All That Exists: Literature in an Age of Capitalist Realism (2022), Topophrenia: Place, Narrative, and the Spatial Imagination (2019), and Fredric Jameson: The Project of Dialectical Criticism (2014).


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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