THE ROAD TO MIDDLE-EARTH (REVISED EDITION)

Book ID/图书代码： 06040005B01212

English Summary/英文概要： The Road to Middle-Earth is a fascinating and accessible exploration of J.R.R.Tolkien’s creativity and the sources of his inspiration. Tom Shippey shows in detail how Tolkien’s professional background led him to write The Hobbit and how he created a work of timeless charm for millions of readers. He discusses the contribution of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales to Tolkien’s great myth-cycle, showing how Tolkien’s more ‘complex’ works can be read enjoyably and seriously by readers of his earlier books, and goes on to examine the remarkable 12-volume History of Middle-earth by Tolkien’s son and literary heir Christopher Tolkien, which traces the creative and technical processes through which Middle-earth evolved. The core of the book, however, concentrates on The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map, as a twisted web of a story, and as a response to the inner meaning of myth and poetry. By following the routes of Tolkien’s own obsessions – the poetry of languages and myth – The Road to Middle-earth shows how Beowulf, The Lord of the Rings, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, the Elder Edda and many other works form part of a live and continuing tradition of literature. It takes issue with many basic premises of orthodox criticism and offers a new approach to Tolkien, to fantasy, and to the importance of language in literature. This new edition is revised and expanded, and includes a previously unpublished lengthy analysis of Peter Jackson’s film adaptations and their effect on Tolkien’s work.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 走进指环王的神秘世界 《中土之路》精彩地叙述了J.R.R托尔金大师惊人的创作力，以及他的灵感之源。Shippey详细地论述了托尔金的职业背景是如何引导他撰写《哈比人历险记》，以及他是如何创作出永恒魅力之作，俘虏无数读者心声的。 作者探讨《精灵宝钻》和《未完成的故事集》是如何激发托尔金酝酿出一部又一部伟大的神话小说，阐述了托尔金后期较深奥的作品是如何得到他的早期书迷们的青睐和欣赏的，他同时还研究了托尔金之子、也是他文学遗产的继承者Christopher Tolkien创作的、追述中土世界的整个进化过程中所牵涉的创作性和技术性问题的长达12卷巨作《中土史》。 当然，《中土之路》更多的着重点还是在《指环王》上，它从语言、文化，故事的曲折性以及对神话和诗歌的深层意味的角度分析了《指环王》。

Awards/获奖情况："Professor Shippey’s commentary is the best so far in elucidating Tolkien’s lovely myth."---Harper’s Magazine

"Shippey is a rarity, a scholar well schooled in critical analysis whose writing is beautifully clear."---Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"[Tolkien] deserves his full do, and Shippey’s appreciative assessment of his unique achievement provides it in full and satisfying measure."---Philadelphia Inquirer

About the Author/作者介绍： Professor Tom Shippey taught at Oxford, overlapping chronologically with Professor Tolkien and teaching the same syllabus, giving him an intimate familiarity with the poems and the languages which formed the main stimulus to Tolkien’s imagination. He subsequently held the same Chair of English Language and Medieval Literature at Leeds University which Tolkien held early in his career, and currently holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at Saint Louis University, USA

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