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Patrick Curry.
Defending Middle-Earth — Tolkien: Myth and Modernity.

Published Edinburgh: Floris Books, 1997.
ISBN 0863152341;
ISBN-13: 9780863152344.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Biddles, Guildford.
Size: 159×240×19mm.
Page count: 206pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is a bit scuffed, and slightly ragged at its edges and corners; a bit of wear on the boards and spine; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.


This item £8.00
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Weight without packaging: 503g.

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No medieval emphasis. Primarily discusses Lord of the Rings, and considers its relationship to the contemporary ecological movement.

Contents: Intro. — radical nostalgia; The Shire — culture, society & politics; Middle-Earth — nature & ecology; The sea — spirituality & ethics; Fantasy, literature & the mythopoeic imagination; Conclusion — hope without guarantees.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes 


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