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The lost road and other writings : language and legend before "The lord of the rings" / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Summary:

Reveals how Tolkien's Middle-earth saga grew from an early idea of a new version of the Atlantis legend to the vivid world just beyond reality's border.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0395455197
  • ISBN: 9780395455197
  • ISBN: 0345406850
  • ISBN: 9780345406859
  • Physical Description: viii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1987.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
With Note:
MARCIVE 03/01/06
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. The fall of Númenor and the lost road : the early history of the legend ; The fall of Númenor ; The lost road -- pt. 2. Valinor and Middle-earth before The lord of the rings : the texts and their relations ; The later annals of Valinor ; The later annals of Beleriand ; Ainulindalë ; The Lhammas ; Quenta Silmarillion -- pt. 3. The etymologies -- Appendix : The genealogies ; The list of names -- The second 'Silmarillion' map.
Subject:
Middle Earth (Imaginary place) > Literary collections.
Fantasy literature, English.
Genre:
Literature.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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