Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power

Chance, Jane

ISBN 10: 0813190177 / ISBN 13: 9780813190174

Published by University Press of Kentucky, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813190177
• ISBN 13: 9780813190174
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

" With New Line Cinema's production of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the popularity of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien is unparalleled. Tolkien's books continue to be bestsellers decades after their original publication. An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the modern world. Jane Chance's critical appraisal of Tolkien's heroic masterwork is the first to explore its "mythology of power"–that is, how power, politics, and language interact. Chance looks beyond the fantastic, self-contained world of Middle-earth to the twentieth-century parallels presented in the trilogy.

About the Author

Jane Chance is a professor of English at Rice University. She lives in Houston, Texas.