Tolkien: How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
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Overview
J.R.R. Tolkien transformed his love for arcane linguistic studies into a fantastic world of Middle Earth, a world of filled with characters that readers the world over have loved and learned from 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 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 celebrated author, Tolkien.
A winsome, whimsical look at the obscure scholar whose work has delighted fans for more than 75 years.
Tie-in to part three of The Hobbit Movie (released in two parts, December 2014).
Directly appeals to Hobbit fans interested in the movie as well as the ongoing interest in the book.
Different from other biographies in that it focuses on Tolkien s amazing accomplishment, not trying to be a general biography.
Celebrates Tolkien s fascinating life, intended to inspire as well as inform.
Includes Tolkien s religious beliefs and shows how his faith influenced his fiction.
Readers will connect literature, film, and culture to their faith journey observing an extraordinary life of an otherwise very ordinary and obscure man.
Readers will engage with culture and literature and film in an ongoing series of movies/books about faith/Christianity that includes Narnia books/movies, Harry Potter books and movies, and now Tolkien books and movies.
Product Details
- Title : Tolkien: How an Obscure Oxford Professor Wrote The Hobbit and Became the Most Beloved Author of the Century
- Author: Brown, Devin
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781426796715