A Tolkien compass

Jared Lobdell

Ballantine Books, 1980 - Literary Criticism - 216 pages

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Review: A Tolkien Compass

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A collection of essays on "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," first published in the 1970s -- as such, the essays are some of the earliest written on Tolkien, at a time before Tolkien's other ...

Review: A Tolkien Compass

User Review  - Volsung - Goodreads

Note that this, the original 1975 edition, differs from the new (2003) edition in that it contains Tolkien's own highly interesting and illuminating "Guide to Names in the Lord of the Rings," whereas the current edition of the "Tolkien Compass" omits it.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Tolkien compass
• Editor: Jared Lobdell
• Compiled by: Jared Lobdell
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1980
• ISBN: 0345288556, 9780345288554
• Length: 216 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Science Fiction & Fantasy