Jeremy Mark Robinson

J.R.R. Tolkien

Pocket Guide

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J.R.R. TOLKIEN: POCKET GUIDE A new guide to the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, the premier British fantasy author of the 20th century, and his great works: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This guide is clearly written for the general reader, offering an all-round introduction to this hugely popular writer. EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION Philip Toynbee declared, in 1961, that Tolkien's 'childish books had passed into a merciful oblivion', a wonderful statement, just a tad inaccurate. In 1997, The Lord of the Rings was voted the top book of the… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-86171-278-3
EAN: 9781861712783
Produktnummer: 5788593
Verlag: Crescent Moon Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D1.6 cm 331 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 331

Über den Autor

JEREMY ROBINSON has published poetry, ¿ction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, André Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke.Books on film and animation include: The Akira Book . The Art of Katsuhiro Otomo . The Art of Masamune Shirow . Cowboy Bebop: The Anime and Movie . The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki . Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide . Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide . Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide . Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick . Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide . The Cinema of Donald Cammell . Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide . Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover . Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide . Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide . The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide . Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams . The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide . The Lord of the Rings Movies . The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide . The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide . The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide . Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema . The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky . Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide.'It's amazing for me to see my work treated with such passion and respect. There is nothing resembling it in the U.S. in relation to my work.'(Andrea Dworkin)'This model monograph - it is an exemplary job, and I'm very proud that he has accorded me a couple of mentions... The subject matter of his book is beautifully organised and dead on beam.'(Lawrence Durrell, on The Light Eternal: A Study of J.M.W. Turner)'Jeremy Robinson's poetry is certainly jammed with ideas, and I ¿nd it very interesting for that reason. It's certainly a strong imprint of his personality.'(Colin Wilson)'Sex-Magic-Poetry-Cornwall is a very rich essay... It is a very good piece... vastly stimulating and insightful.'(Peter Redgrove)