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It and The Hobbit have spawned Peter Jackson's Middle-earth films, which have had billion-dollar takings at the box office. [4] [5] The books and films have stimulated enormous Tolkien fandom activity in meetings such as Tolkienmoot [6] and on the Internet, with discussion groups, fan art, and many thousands of Tolkien fan fiction stories. [7]
Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set against the background of The Silmarillion, but in a time long after it. [1] Tolkien at first intended The Lord of the Rings to be a children's tale in the style of The Hobbit, but it quickly grew darker and more serious in the writing. [2]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the real-world history and notable fictional elements of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe.It covers materials created by Tolkien; the works on his unpublished manuscripts, by his son Christopher Tolkien; and films, games and other media created by other people.
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Flieger's analysis of heroes in Beowulf, fairy tales, and The Lord of the Rings [40] Beowulf Fairy tale hero Aragorn Frodo; Bold hero, victorious — Battle of Helm's Deep, Battle of the Pelennor Fields — — Small beginnings: Little man sets out on quest — Hobbit sets out not knowing where he's going Bitter ending — — Defeat and ...
Middle-earth is the fictional world created by the philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien and presented in his bestselling books The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955). [4] Tolkien provided overview maps for each book. [5]
Arda began as a symmetrical flat disc, and was repeatedly transformed through cataclysmic interventions by the Valar and by the creator, Eru Ilúvatar.. Tolkien's stories chronicle the struggle to control the world (called Arda) and the continent of Middle-earth between, on one side, the angelic Valar, the Elves and their allies among Men; and, on the other, the demonic Melkor or Morgoth (a ...