Lord of the Rings | For Further Reference
Carpenter, Humphrey. Tolkien: A Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. In this definitive biography of Tolkien, Carpenter traces the many influences that affected Tolkien's writing while avoiding, as much as possible, literary judgments.
Crabbe, Kathryn F. J. R. R. Tolkien. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1981. In the chapter, "The Quest as Legend: The Lord of the Rings," Crabbe considers the book from the standpoint of tone, the nature of heroes and heroism, and the concepts of good and evil, and she discusses the place of differing languages in...
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