Green suns and faërie : essays on Tolkien / Verlyn Flieger.

Flieger, Verlyn, 1933-
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2012.
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Tolkien sub-creator. Fantasy and reality: J.R.R. Tolkien’s world and the fairy-story essay The music and the task: fate and free will in Middle-earth Tolkien and the idea of the book Tolkien on Tolkien: On fairy-stories, The hobbit, and The lord of the rings When is a fairy story a faërie story? Smith of Wootton Major The footsteps of Ælfwine The curious incident of the dream at the barrow: memory and reincarnation in Middle-earth Whose myth is it? — Tolkien in tradition. Tolkien’s Wild Men from medieval to modern Tolkien and the matter of Britain Frodo and Aragorn: the concept of the hero Bilbo’s neck riddle Allegory vs. bounce: Tolkien’s Smith of Wootton Major Flieger Shippey A mythology for Finland Tolkien and Lönnrot as mythmakers Tolkien, Kalevala, and The story of Kullervo Brittany and Wales in Middle-earth The Green Knight, the Green Man, and Treebeard: scholarship and invention in Tolkien’s fiction Missing person — Tolkien and his century. A cautionary tale: Tolkien’s mythology for England The mind, the tongue, and the tale A post-modern medievalist Taking the part of trees: eco-conflict in Middle-earth Gilson, Smith, and Baggins The body in question: the unhealed wounds of Frodo Baggins A distant mirror: Tolkien and Jackson in the looking-glass.

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