
Tolkien
How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote the Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
Devin Brown(Author)
Abingdon Press
Published on 21. October 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-4267-9670-8 (ISBN)
Description
J.R.R. Tolkien transformed his love for arcane linguistic studies into a fantastic world of Middle Earth people that readers the world over have learned from and loved for generations.
Devin Brown focuses on the story behind how Tolkien became one of the best-known writers in the history of literature, a tale as fascinating and as inspiring as any of the fictional ones he would go on to write. Weaving in the major aspects of the author's life, career, and faith, Brown shares how Tolkien's beloved works came to be written.
With a third follow-up film (December 2014) and the book's release the same month, there's a large interest in the faith values for these works. This book addresses that deep hunger to know what "fuels" the world and worldview of the Hobbit's infamous author-Tolkien.
Devin Brown focuses on the story behind how Tolkien became one of the best-known writers in the history of literature, a tale as fascinating and as inspiring as any of the fictional ones he would go on to write. Weaving in the major aspects of the author's life, career, and faith, Brown shares how Tolkien's beloved works came to be written.
With a third follow-up film (December 2014) and the book's release the same month, there's a large interest in the faith values for these works. This book addresses that deep hunger to know what "fuels" the world and worldview of the Hobbit's infamous author-Tolkien.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
184 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4267-9670-8 (9781426796708)
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Tolkien
How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
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Devin Brown is a Lilly Scholar and a Professor of English at Asbury University where he teaches a class on Lewis and Tolkien. He is the author of The Christian World of the Hobbit and Hobbit Lessons, both published by Abingdon Press. He has spoken at Lewis and Tolkien conferences in the UK and the U.S. Devin has published numerous essays on Lewis and Tolkien, including those written for CSLewis.com, ChristianityToday.com, SamaritansPurse.org, and BeliefNet.com. Devin earned a PhD at the University of South Carolina and currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky.