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Peoples of Middle-Earth by J. R. R. Tolkien (1996, Hardcover)

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THE PEOPLES OF MIDDLE-EARTH: THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH, VOL. 12 By J.r.r. Tolkien & Christopher Tolkien - Hardcover *Excellent Condition*.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100395827604

ISBN-139780395827604

eBay Product ID (ePID)622007

Product Key Features

Book TitlePeoples of Middle-Earth

Number of Pages496 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Fantasy / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Literary, Fantasy / Epic

Publication Year1996

GenreFiction

AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien

Book SeriesHistory of Middle-Earth Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-044312

Dewey Edition20

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number12

Dewey Decimal823.9/12

SynopsisThroughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation. In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: The New Shadow, in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and Tal-elmar, the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships., Throughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships., When in 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien laid aside The Silmarillion, the extension of his original mythology into later Ages of the world had scarcely emerged. Tolkien himself noted that he knew nothing of the peoples and history of these Ages until he "met them on the way". It was in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings that there emerged a comprehensive historical structure and chronology of the Second and Third Ages, embracing all the diverse strands that came together in The War of the Ring. Tolkien's difficulty - bordering on despair - in providing these appendices, leading to delay in the publication of The Return of the King, is well known. In The Peoples of Middle-earth, however, Christopher Tolkien shows that the work had in fact been achieved years before, in essays and records differing greatly from the published forms. A number of other writings by J. R. R. Tolkien are also included in this book; they derive chiefly from his last years, when new insights and constructions freely arose as he pondered the history that he had created.

LC Classification NumberPR6039.O32P4 1996