{"product_id":"there-would-always-be-a-fairy-tale-more-essays-on-tolkien-paperback","title":"There Would Always Be a Fairy Tale: More Essays on Tolkien - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVerlyn Flieger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevoted to Tolkien, the teller of tales and co-creator of the myths they brush against, these essays focus on his lifelong interest in and engagement with fairy stories, the special world that he called fa rie, a world they both create and inhabit, and with the elements that make that world the special place it is. They cover a range of subjects, from \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e and their place within the legendarium he called the Silmarillion to shorter works like \"The Story of Kullervo\" and \"Smith of Wootton Major.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pen of eminent Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger, the individual essays in this collection were written over a span of twenty years, each written to fit the parameters of a conference, an anthology, or both. They are revised slightly from their original versions to eliminate repetition and bring them up to date. Grouped loosely by theme, they present an unpatterned mosaic, depicting topics from myth to truth, from social manners to moral behavior, from textual history to the micro particles of Middle-earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether these essays present a complete picture of a man as complicated as the books that bear his name--an independent and unorthodox thinker who was both a believer and a doubter able to maintain conflicting ideas in tension, a teller of tales both romantic and bitter, hopeful and pessimistic, in equal parts tragic and comedic. A man whose work does not seek for right or wrong answers so much as a way to accommodate both; a man of antitheses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholars of fantasy literature generally and of Tolkien particularly will find much of value in this insightful collection by a seasoned explorer of Tolkien's world of fa rie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVerlyn Flieger's \u003c\/b\u003ebooks on Tolkien include \u003ci\u003eSplintered Light, A Question of Time, Interrupted Music, and Green Suns and Faërie \u003c\/i\u003e(all published by The Kent State University Press); an edition of his short story \u003ci\u003eSmith of Wootton Major\u003c\/i\u003e; and most recently his earliest short story, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Kullervo. \u003c\/i\u003eWith Carl Hostetter she edited \u003ci\u003eTolkien's Legendarium \u003c\/i\u003eand with Douglas A. Anderson Tolkien's essay \u003ci\u003eOn Fairy-stories\u003c\/i\u003e. With David Bratman and Michael D. C. Drout she edits the yearly journal \u003ci\u003eTolkien Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. Her edition of Tolkien's poem \u003ci\u003eThe Lay of Aotrou and Itroun\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming in November 2016. She has published two fantasy novels, \u003ci\u003ePig Tale and The Inn at Corbies' Caww; an Arthurian novella, \"Avilion,\" in The Doom of Camelot;\u003c\/i\u003e and two short stories, \"Green Hill Country,\" in \u003ci\u003eSeekers of Dreams, and \"Igraine at Tintagel,\" in Amazing Graces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337049989485,"sku":"9781606353080","price":55.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/djBSZTJ0cjRMZkJGdlFQMEw3alB2QT09.webp?v=1778922919","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/there-would-always-be-a-fairy-tale-more-essays-on-tolkien-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}