fantastic literature, english

A collection of poems and stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Study of the Appendices to "The Lord of the Rings," which contain the historical structure of the Second and Third Ages, with additional writings from Tolkien's later years offering new insights into his fictional world, and the abandoned beginnings of two other stories.

Discusses the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien, whose contribution to literature is the fantasy world of Middle-earth, with its elves, dwarves, and hobbits.

Provides the history and criticism of a variety of authors of fantasy: Ray Bradbury, John Collier, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, A. Merritt, Mervyn Peake, M.P. Shiel, Clark Ashton Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams.

Includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Also includes commentary and poems associated with each tale.