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Book Reviews jargon-free and eminently readable. I think that these two collections are a major contribution to Tolkien studies, and would sit well on the shelves of anybody who takes Tolkien seriously--as is usually the case with this publisher's productions. DAVID DOUGHAN LONDON, ENGLAND Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings", edited by Janet Brennan Croft. Altadena, CA: The Mythopoeic Press, 2004. ix, 323 pp. $19.95 (trade paperback) ISBN 1887726098. There are many academic or quasi-academic books on various aspects of Peter Jackson's film of The Lord of the Rings in the works, and Tolkien on Film is, as far as I know, the first to see print. Indeed, its timing does not escape charges of opportunism. Although all the authors take as definitive the extended-edition DVD versions of the first two parts of the film trilogy, the volume itself went into press before they could view the extended version of The Return of the King. Surely lacking 50 minutes of the artwork under discussion is not an insignificant problem. Would a scholarly book on a major work of literature be published before said work of literature is complete? Not likely. Apparently, though,
Tolkien Studies – West Virginia University Press
Published: May 9, 2006
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