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Widely considered one of the leading experts on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Thomas Alan Shippey has informed and enlightened a generation of Tolkien scholars and fans. In this collection, friends and colleagues honor Shippey with 15 essays that reflect their mentor's research interests, methods of literary criticism and attention to Tolkien's shorter works. In a wide-ranging consideration of Tolkien's oeuvre, the contributors explore the influence of 19th and 20th century book illustrations on Tolkien's work; utopia and fantasy in Tolkien's Middle-earth; the Silmarils, the Arkenstone, and the… (meer)
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To Thomas Alan Shippey, PhD, Walter J. Ong, S. J., Professor Emeritus, St. Louis University who shows us each old stone in the tower, without forgetting the view of the sea: Þú eart mægenes strang ond on móde fród / wís wordwine. You are strong of body and sage of mind / wise word-friend.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Preface The stimulus for this collection was the 2008 retirement of Thomas Alan Shippey, PhD (Cantab.), from the Walter J. Ong, S.J., Endowed Chair in Humanities at St. Louis University in Missouri.
Introduction by John Wm. Houghton In Part I: Memoirs, this collection begins with six brief essays which will give an introduction to Tom Shippey as seen by his colleagues and friends in academia and fandom.
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Widely considered one of the leading experts on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Thomas Alan Shippey has informed and enlightened a generation of Tolkien scholars and fans. In this collection, friends and colleagues honor Shippey with 15 essays that reflect their mentor's research interests, methods of literary criticism and attention to Tolkien's shorter works. In a wide-ranging consideration of Tolkien's oeuvre, the contributors explore the influence of 19th and 20th century book illustrations on Tolkien's work; utopia and fantasy in Tolkien's Middle-earth; the Silmarils, the Arkenstone, and the