J.R.R. Tolkien's "On Fairy-stories" is his most-studied and most-quoted essay, an exemplary personal statement of his views on the role of imagination in literature, and an intellectual tour de force vital for understanding Tolkien's achievement in the writing of The Lord of the Rings."On Fairy-stories" comprises …
Beowulf and the Critics by J. R. R. Tolkien is a book edited by Michael D. C. Drout that presents scholarly editions of the two manuscript versions of Tolkien's essays or lecture series "Beowulf and the Critics", which served as the basis for the much shorter 1936 lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics". …
Hobits ir autora Dž. R. R. Tolkīna grāmata, kuras galvenais varonis ir hobits Bilbo Baginss. Pirmo reizi tas izdots 1937. gada 21. septembrī. Ideja par šo grāmatu radās kādā vakarā, kad Tolkīna dēls lūdzis, lai tēvs pastāsta pasaku. Atšķirībā no pārējām rakstnieka grāmatām, kuras saistītas ar Viduszemi, "Hobita" …