{"product_id":"j-r-r-tolkien-the-monsters-and-the-critics-1997","title":"J. R. R. Tolkien: The Monsters and the Critics [1997]","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete collection of Tolkien's essays, including two on Beowulf, which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years after The Lord of the Rings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe seven 'essays' by J.R.R. Tolkien assembled in this new paperback edition were with one exception delivered as general lectures on particular occasions; and while they mostly arose out of Tolkien's work in medieval literature, they are accessible to all. Two of them are concerned with Beowulf, including the well-known lecture whose title is taken for this book, and one with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, given in the University of Glasgow in 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAlso included in this volume is the lecture English and Welsh; the Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford in 1959; and a paper on Invented Languages delivered in 1931, with exemplification from poems in the Elvish tongues. Most famous of all is On Fairy-Stories, a discussion of the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy, which gives insight into Tolkien's approach to the whole genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe pieces in this collection cover a period of nearly thirty years, beginning six years before the publication of The Hobbit, with a unique 'academic' lecture on his invention (calling it A Secret Vice) and concluding with his farewell to professorship, five years after the publication of The Lord of the Rings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tolkien, J. R. R. \u0026 Tolkien, Christopher","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":54065600037203,"sku":"9780261102637","price":15.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/tolkien-j-r-r-tolkien-christopher-j-r-r-tolkien-the-monsters-and-the-critics-1997-9780261102637-1245669080.jpg?v=1782157778","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/j-r-r-tolkien-the-monsters-and-the-critics-1997","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}