Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings. - Softcover

Croft, Janet Brennan

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Synopsis

This collection of essays addresses various aspects of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings including scriptwriting and the creative process, the place of the films in cinematic history, gender roles in the films and the books, wisdom and councils, hobbits and heroism, fan culture and fanfic, the use of Tolkien's languages in the films, and other issues.

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About the Author

Janet Brennan Croft is author of numerous scholarly journal articles as well as War the the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Greenwood 2004). She is Head of the Access Services Department at the University of Oklahoma.

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