Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's the Lord of the Rings. - Softcover

Croft, Janet Brennan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887726098 ISBN 13: 9781887726092

Publisher: Mythopoeic Pr, 2005

Synopsis

This collection of essays addresses various aspects of Peter Jackson's film adaptations of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings including scriptwriting and the creative process, the place of the films in cinematic history, gender roles in the films and the books, wisdom and councils, hobbits and heroism, fan culture and fanfic, the use of Tolkien's languages in the films, and other issues.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Brennan Croft is author of numerous scholarly journal articles as well as War the the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Greenwood 2004). She is Head of the Access Services Department at the University of Oklahoma.

Review:

I read it with real interest. -- Verlyn Flieger, author of Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World

These essayists are truly critical so as to discern how the films both succeed and fail. -- Ralph C. Wood, author of The Gospel According to Tolkien

This collection has much to offer and sets the bar for Tolkien/Film studies to come. -- Anne C. Petty, author of One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology

About this edition

• Publisher: Mythopoeic Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1887726098
• ISBN 13: 9781887726092
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336