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Tolkien And Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes And Language (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) Paperback - 2007

by Janet Brennan Croft [Editor]; Donald E. Palumbo [Editor]; C.W. Sullivan III [Editor];

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  • Title Tolkien And Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes And Language (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
  • Author Janet Brennan Croft [Editor]; Donald E. Palumbo [Editor]; C.W. Sullivan III [Editor];
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher McFarland & Company, Jefferson, N.C
  • Date 2007-03-22
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0786428279
  • ISBN 9780786428274 / 0786428279
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6.33 x 0.78 in (22.61 x 16.08 x 1.98 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Myth in literature, Mythology in literature
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007001370
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.912

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Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have more in common than one might expect.

These essays focus on the broad themes and motifs which concerned both authors. They seek to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, "corrected," and otherwise held an ongoing dialogue with Shakespeare's works.

The depiction of Elves and the world of Faerie, and how humans interact with them, are some of the most obvious points of comparison and difference for the two writers. Both Tolkien and Shakespeare deeply explored the uses and abuses of power with princes, politics, war, and the lessons of history. Magic and prophecy were also of great concern to both authors, and the works of both are full of encounters with the Other: masks and disguises, mirrors that hide and reveal, or seeing stones that show only part of the truth.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 08/01/2007, Page 89

About the author

Janet Brennan Croft is liaison to the school of communication and information and librarian for disability services and copyright at Rutgers University Libraries in North Brunswick, New Jersey. She has written on the Peter Jackson films, J.K. Rowling, Terry Pratchett, Lois McMaster Bujold, and other authors, and is editor or co-editor of five collections of literary essays and edits the refereed scholarly journal Mythlore.

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