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The scholar Brian Rosebury considers Tolkien's narrative portrayal of Gollum (pictured) his most memorable success. [1]The philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien made use of multiple literary devices in The Lord of the Rings, from its narrative structure and its use of pseudotranslation and editorial framing, to character pairing and the deliberate cultivation of an impression of ...
The Lord of the Rings is an epic [1] high fantasy novel [a] written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth , the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit but eventually developed into a much larger work.
Scholars and critics have identified many themes of The Lord of the Rings, a major fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, including a reversed quest, the struggle of good and evil, death and immortality, fate and free will, the danger of power, and various aspects of Christianity such as the presence of three Christ figures, for prophet, priest, and king, as well as elements such as hope and ...
In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien went much further than simply providing a frame story. The found manuscript conceit, and the claim that he had translated it into English from the original Westron rather than written it himself, put him in the frame with the story that he was the book's editor and translator.
J. R. R. Tolkien's bestselling fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings had an initial mixed literary reception. Despite some enthusiastic early reviews from supporters such as W. H. Auden, Iris Murdoch, and C. S. Lewis, scholars noted a measure of literary hostility to Tolkien, which continued until the start of the 21st century.
Scholars have described the narrative structure of The Lord of the Rings, a high fantasy work by J. R. R. Tolkien published in 1954–55, in a variety of ways, including as a balanced pair of outer and inner quests; a linear sequence of scenes or tableaux; a fractal arrangement of separate episodes; a Gothic cathedral-like edifice of many different elements; multiple cycles or spirals; or an ...
François Louis Ganshof (1944) described this as a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations between a warrior nobleman and his lord. [2] J. R. R. Tolkien wrote the heroic fantasy The Lord of the Rings in 1954–55. It embodies many influences, but the Middle Ages in particular give the book much of its social framework. [3]
The author of The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien, was a devout Roman Catholic, and intensely interested in expressing themes such as moral choice and the nature of evil in the world through his fantasy writing in the realm of Middle-earth. [T 1]