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The Hobbit is a pub in the Bevois Valley area of Southampton, England. Previously the Portswood Hotel , it was named after J. R. R. Tolkien 's book The Hobbit in 1989. In 2012 the pub was involved in a legal dispute with Middle-earth Enterprises , a company owned by film producer Saul Zaentz , over its use of the name.
The essays are: "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics" looks at the critics' understanding of Beowulf, and proposes instead a fresh take on the poem. "On Translating Beowulf " looks at the difficulties in translating the poem from Old English. "On Fairy-Stories", the 1939 Andrew Lang lecture at St Andrew's University, is a defence of the ...
The Hobbit is set in Middle-earth and follows home-loving Bilbo Baggins, the hobbit of the title, who joins the wizard Gandalf and the thirteen dwarves of Thorin's Company, on a quest to reclaim the dwarves' home and treasure from the dragon Smaug. Bilbo's journey takes him from his peaceful rural surroundings into more sinister territory.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit trilogy is the first installment in acting as a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the ...
Tom Shippey's analysis of "Smith of Wootton Major" as an allegory [8] Story element Allegorical meaning Evidence Nokes: Unsympathetic literary critic (as opposed to philologists like Tolkien) Noke, Oxfordshire, from Middle English *atten okes (at the oaks); Nokes's family all with nunnated names, Nell, Nan, Ned for Ell[en], Ann, Ed[ward];
Apart from two new essays, it consisted of a selection of essays from two earlier collections by the same editors: their 1968 Tolkien and the Critics, and their 1981 Tolkien: New Critical Perspectives. The collections have been welcomed by scholars, who have commented that the 1968 book in particular was "a milestone" in Tolkien scholarship ...
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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.