About the Author:
Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Review:
'...the articles are easily comprehensible to ordinary educated readers with no background in poststructuralism or subaltern studies...there is plenty here to stimulate thought as well as argument. Altogether, this is a highly recommendable read, at an affordable price.'
Amonhen 199
Bulletin of the Tolkien Society (David Doughan)
mention- Today's Books, Oct. 10, 2006
Review (Dutch) 'Lembas' - Magazine of the Dutch Tolkien Society - Unquendor (Sjoerd van der Weide)
"This useful, scholarly, at times provocative, collection of recent essays provides the Tolkien scholar and student alike with a good idea of directions recent Tolkien criticism has taken... this will be a good collection for libraries, Tolkien scholars, and students."- Don Riggs, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (International Association for the Fantastic Arts)
'...Eaglestone and his contributors evince much greater theoretical sophistication, and they take Tolkein's work more seriously. In short, Reading "The Lord of the Rings" realizes its goal - "to reintegrate The Lord of the Rings into the broad sweep of current literary critical and theoretical interests"- with impressive success... indisputably a good thing, and a sign of the rude new health of Tolkien studies.'- Patrick Curry, Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review (Tolkien Studies)
'...the articles are easily comprehensible to ordinary educated readers with no background in poststructuralism or subaltern studies...there is plenty here to stimulate thought as well as argument. Altogether, this is a highly recommendable read, at an affordable price.'
Amonhen 199
Bulletin of the Tolkien Society (Sanford Lakoff)
Review (Dutch) 'Lembas' - Magazine of the Dutch Tolkien Society - Unquendor (Sanford Lakoff)
“This useful, scholarly, at times provocative, collection of recent essays provides the Tolkien scholar and student alike with a good idea of directions recent Tolkien criticism has taken... this will be a good collection for libraries, Tolkien scholars, and students.”- Don Riggs, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, Summer 2006, 17.2 (Sanford Lakoff)
'...Eaglestone and his contributors evince much greater theoretical sophistication, and they take Tolkein’s work more seriously. In short, Reading “The Lord of the Rings” realizes its goal - “to reintegrate The Lord of the Rings into the broad sweep of current literary critical and theoretical interests”- with impressive success... indisputably a good thing, and a sign of the rude new health of Tolkien studies.'- Patrick Curry, Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review (Sanford Lakoff)
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