Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

Olsen, Corey

ISBN 10: 054773946X / ISBN 13: 9780547739465

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

About this Item

Light wear to edges of jacket. Light rubbing/bumping to edges of boards. Reverse of front board has previous owner's name in ink and dates book was read. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1747240343549

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit"
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 054773946X
• ISBN 13: 9780547739465
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Literary Theory, Criticism, & History

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Synopsis

“An admirable and thought-provoking consideration of the underlying themes of The Hobbit, following the there-and-back-again progress from its famous first line on through to Bilbo’s return home at the story’s end.” —Douglas A. Anderson, author of The Annotated Hobbit

The Hobbit is one of the most widely read and best-loved books of the twentieth century. Now Corey Olsen takes readers deep within the text to uncover its secrets and delights.

Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is a fun, thoughtful, and insightful companion volume, designed to bring a thorough and original new reading of this great work to a general audience. Professor Corey Olsen takes readers on an in-depth journey through The Hobbit chapter by chapter, revealing the stories within the story: the dark desires of dwarves and the sublime laughter of elves, the nature of evil and its hopelessness, the mystery of divine providence and human choice, and, most of all, the transformation within the life of Bilbo Baggins. Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is a book that will make The Hobbit come alive for readers as never before.

About the Author

COREY OLSEN is president of Signum University and founder of the Mythgard Institute, an online teaching center for the study of Tolkien and other works of imaginative literature. Through podcasts and his teaching website, The Tolkien Professor, Olsen brings his scholarship on Tolkien to the public. Join the conversation at http://www.tolkienprofessor.com, or on iTunes.