David. Bratman
Autor/a de Tolkien Studies, Volume XI
Obres de David. Bratman
Tolkien Studies, Volume XII — Editor — 6 exemplars
Tolkien Studies, Volume XIII — Editor — 5 exemplars
Tolkien studies: volume XIX, supplement — Editor — 3 exemplars
Obres associades
The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder (2006) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
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I’m a sucker for any serious Tolkieniana, and what I particularly liked about the essays collected here is their chronological scope, from a time before The Silmarillion had been publish to nearly the present day. The shape of the scholarly field has changed a lot in the meantime a there are several telling anecdotes about the early days. If I had to pick two of the Tolkien pieces that really struck me, I think they would be the Top Ten Rejected Plot Twists from The Lord of the Rings, and the exegesis of Smith of Wootton Major.
The other essays include four pieces about the Inklings (two on C.S. Lewis, one on Charles Williams and one on their links with the Pacific), and several on other fantasy topics, including a fascinating piece on Lord Dunsany as a playwright, and a standup encomium of Roger Zelazny. There is also a critique of the Peter Jackson films written presciently before they had actually been released.
There’s a lot of wisdom in these essays, and a fair amount of fun too.… (més)