J.R.R. Tolkien

Carl F. Hostetter

Nature of Middle-Earth

Verlyn Flieger

When J.R.R. Tolkien died in 1973, he left behind a vast body of unpublished material related to the imaginary world of his fiction. Now arranged edited and published as The History of Middle-earth by his son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkien, these 12 volumes offer an unparalleled insight into the growth of Tolkien's mythology over five decades. This book is the first comprehensive critical examination of The History of Middle-earth. An opening easy by Rayner Unwin, Tolkien's publisher for many years, discusses the publication history of the material, while essays by expert contributors examine a broad range of topics related to the work.

Essays on The History of Middle-earth

Tolkien's Legendarium

The first ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien’s magnificent world. It is well known that J.R.R. Tolkien published The Hobbit in 1937 and The Lord of the Rings in 1954–5. What may be less known is that he continued to write about Middle-earth in the decades that followed, right up until the years before his death in 1973. For him, Middle-earth was part of an entire world to be explored, and the writings in The Nature of Middle-earth reveal the journeys that he took as he sought to better understand his unique creation. From sweeping themes as profound as Elvish immortality and reincarnation, and the Powers of the Valar, to the more earth-bound subjects of the lands and beasts of Númenor, the geography of the Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor, and even who had beards! This new collection, which has been edited by Carl F. Hostetter, one of the world’s leading Tolkien experts, is a veritable treasure-trove offering readers a chance to peer over Professor Tolkien’s shoulder at the very moment of discovery: and on every page, Middle-earth is once again brought to extraordinary life.

The Nature Of Middle-Earth

"Obra inédita de J.R.R Tolkien, editada por Carl F. Hostetter, um dos maiores especialista no autor do mundo, apresenta escritos nunca publicados sobre o universo da Terra-média e abrange assuntos que vão muito além da história de O Senhor dos Anéis, respondendo algumas das dúvidas que os fãs debatem há anos. Mesmo após a publicação de O Hobbit e, posteriormente, O Senhor dos Anéis, J.R.R. Tolkien jamais deixou de escrever sobre seu mundo imaginário. Para ele, a Terra-média era parte de um mundo inteiro a ser explorado, e os escritos compilados em A natureza da Terra-média revelam alguns de seus esforços para compreender e aprimorar sua criação única. Tratando de temas mais abrangentes, complexos e profundos, como a metafísica da imortalidade, a reencarnação élfica e os poderes dos Valar, até assuntos mais específicos, como a fauna e a flora de Númenor, as especificidades geográficas de Gondor e quais espécies tinham barba, este livro é um verdadeiro tesouro que oferece aos leitores a chance de observar de perto a imaginação de um dos mais brilhantes escritores de fantasia da História."

Carl F. Hostetter

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