Tolkien and the Great War : the threshold of Middle-earth /: the threshold of Middle-earth. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Garth.
• Authors: Garth, John
• Contents: Pt. 1. The immortal four -- Prologue -- 1. Before -- 2. A young man with too much imagination -- 3. The Council of London -- 4. The shores of Faërie -- 5. Benighted wanderers -- 6. Too long in slumber -- -- pt. 2. Tears unnumbered -- 7. Larkspur and Canterbury-bells -- 8. A bitter winnowing -- 9. 'Something has gone crack' -- 10. In a hole in the ground -- -- pt. 3. The Lonely Isle -- 11. Castles in the air -- 12. Tol Withernon and Fladweth Amrod -- Epilogue : 'a new light' -- -- Postscript : 'one who dreams alone'
• Publisher Details: London : HarperCollins
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (416 pages), (2 illustrations)
• Subjects: 823.912; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Literature and the war; Soldiers' writings, English -- History and criticism; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- England; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); War in literature; History; Authors, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Literature and history; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Soldiers; Soldiers' writings, English; War and literature; War in literature; Kriegszerstörung; Weltkrieg; Tolkien, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; England; Great Britain; Biographies; Biography; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Childhood and youth; Knowledge -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780007373871; 0007373872
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.