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This book addresses two categories of readers: those that do not
know Tolkien and are interested in knowing him and his works; and
those who already know and are interested in deepening and updating
their knowledge.
In fact the book (written by 31 Italian and English
specialists) is a systematical "introduction" dealing with all
the topics concerning Tolkien and pays attention to The
History of Middle-Earth volumes, to the recent scholarly
studies and to the news from the Tolkien fandom.
All of them collaborate to a fanzine entirely devoted to
Tolkien. The fanzine born in 1992 with the name
Terra di Mezzo and then changed its name to
Endòre.
Table of contents
- Foreword
- A brief account of Tolkien's life
- Tolkien & the Tolkienian People
- Which kind of people do love Tolkien ?
- To the Reader
- The Tolkien Reader at a crossroads
- Tolkien and the mode "fantastic" in literature
- Two points of view
- Fandom (fans' kingdom)
- Tolkien present and absent
- Reread The Lord of the Rings
- A "little job still to do"
- Main Works
- The Hobbit
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Silmarillion
- Unfinished Tales
- The History of Middle-Earth
- Essays
- Characters
- Gandalf
- Frodo
- The Ring
- Tom Bombadil
- Turin
- The Villains
- Loved and not loved characters
- The Elves
- The Hobbits
- The Dwarves
- Literary themes
- The emotions of a Tolkien Reader
- The Lord of the Rings as a XX Century novel
- The Shire
- A Tolkien Chronology
- The Supernatural in Tolkien
- Philosophical themes
- Manicheism and Augustinianism
- Religion
- Cosmology
- Tolkien the Anti-totalitarian
- Tolkien compared with other writers of "fantasy genre"
- Tolkien and George Lucas
- Tolkien and Howard
- Tolkien versus Terry Brooks
- Tolkien and Moorcock
- Tolkien and Eddison
- Tolkien and Dragonlance
- Tolkien as a Post-war writer
- "Other hands" fiction in a tolkienian setting
- The Last King of the North
- The Letter
- Chronicles from the University of Umbar
- Branch and Root
- Poems
- The critics
- The critical response to Tolkien's fiction
- A selection of books on Tolkien
- Tools & accessories
- Atlas
- Artwork
- Documentary
- Movies
- Tolkien's voice
- Comics
- Quiz
- Gadgets
- Gags
- Miniatures
- Internet
- Music
- Games
- Extended Bibliography (books and papers of Tolkien and on Tolkien)
- About the Authors
- Text notes
- Artwork of the book (by Lorenzo Daniele)
- The Argonaths
- Dragon's helmet
- Palantir
- Dragons
- One door of Barad-ur
- Mithrim Lake (front cover)
- Tom Bombadil (back cover)
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The Authors
- Alex Lewis
- Fiorenzo Delle Rupi
- Tom Shippey
- Alberto Quagliaroli
- Franco Manni
- Elena Grecchi
- Wayne Hammond
- Beppe Roncari
- Paolo Barbiano di Belgiojoso
- Nancy Martsch
- Carlo Stagnaro
- Riccardo Moretti
- Edoardo Sbaffi
- Jessica Yates
- Edoardo Vitto
- Lorenzo Daniele
- Gianni Cavallari
- Denis Collins
- Roberto Di Scala
- Michele Ballarini
- Gregorio Trebucchi
- Ruth Lacon
- Agostino Maiello
- Andrea Alberici
- Filippo Rossi
- Catherine Thorn
- Massimo Renaldini
- Francesco Mazzotti
- Enrico Imperatori
- Walter Scolese
- Nicola Farinelli
The Editor
Franco Manni, with degrees in Philosophy (Scuola Normale
Superiore, Pisa) and Theology (Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana,
Rome), has been the editor of "Terra di Mezzo" (1992-1998) and of
"Endòre" (1999-nowadays), tolkienian journals of which
Gary Hunnewell wrote on Tolkien Society's newsletter "Amon Hen":
"I have never seen more professional publications ...
Its size and content remind one of the glory days of 'Niekas'.
A translation of some of these into English is definitely in order."
The Publisher
Simonelli Editore is a Publishing House located in Milan (Italy).
"Introduzione a Tolkien" may be purchased directly from the
Publisher clicking on www.simonel.com.
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