The Nature of Middle-earth

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Nature of Middle-earth
Authors and Contributors      By (author) J. R. R. Tolkien
Edited by Carl F. Hostetter
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 149
Category/GenreLiterary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Fantasy
Myth and legend told as fiction
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780008440572
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General
Edition Deluxe edition
Illustrations 1 col plates, Index

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 2 September 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This elegant slipcased edition presents for collectors the first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects. Stamped in gold foil, and printed on heavyweight acid-free paper, it includes a ribbon marker and is housed in a custom-built matching slipcase. It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954-5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as complex and profound as the metaphysics of Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Numenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards! This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F Hostetter, one of the world's leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien's shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.

Author Biography

J.R.R.Tolkien (1892-1973) was a distinguished academic, though he is best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, plus other stories and essays. His books have been translated into over 60 languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

Reviews

'A continuation of the many previous volumes assembled by Tolkien's son, Christopher Tolkien, that allow readers to see the author "thinking... on paper". For devotees, this will be a treasure.' Publishers Weekly 'How, given little over half a century, did one man become the creative equivalent of a people?' Guardian