Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern FantasyTerry Brooks. David Eddings. George R. R. Martin. Robin Hobb. The top names in modern fantasy all acknowledge J. R. R. Tolkien as their role model, the author whose work inspired them to create their own epics. But what writers influenced Tolkien himself? Here, internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson has gathered the fiction of authors who sparked Tolkien’s imagination in a collection destined to become a classic in its own right. |
Contents
Pusscat Mew by E H KnatchbullHugessen | |
The Griffin and the Minor Canon by Frank R Stockton | |
The Demon Pope by Richard Garnett | |
The Folk of the Mountain Door by William Morris | |
A Zulu Idyll by H Rider Haggard | |
The Dragon Tamers by E Nesbit | |
The Enchanted Buffalo by L Frank Baum | |
The Baumoff Explosive by William Hope Hodgson | |
The Regent of the North by Kenneth Morris | |
The Elf Trap by Francis Stevens | |
The Thin Queen of Elfhame by James Branch Cabell | |
Golithos the Ogre by E A WykeSmith | |
The Story of Alwina by Austin Tappan Wright | |
A Christmas Play by David Lindsay | |
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Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy Douglas A. Anderson,Ludwig Tieck,George MacDonald,E. Nesbit,Richard Garnett No preview available - 2003 |
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy Douglas A. Anderson,Ludwig Tieck,George MacDonald,E. Nesbit,Richard Garnett No preview available - 2003 |