The Making of Middle-earth: A New Look Inside the World of J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings consistently tops polls as the best-loved literary work of all time. Now medieval scholar and Tolkien expert Christopher Snyder presents the most in-depth exploration yet of Tolkiens source materials for Middle-earthfrom the languages poetry and mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece to the halls of Oxford and the battlefields of World War I. Fueled by the authors passion for all things Tolkien this richly illustrated book also reveals the surprisingly pervasive influence of Tolkiens timeless fantasies on modern culture.