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Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology (review)

Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology (review) Book Reviews of "Fanuilos, le linnathon" in the Elbereth hymn. 18 Obviously not all; one would have to list hundreds of people, over a span of five decades, in a multiplicity of countries. Salo does thank some close associates by name in the Preface (xv). 19 Jim Allan, et al., An Introduction to Elvish (Somerset: Bran's Head Books, 1978); and Ruth S. Noel, The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980). 20 See Salo, p. 153. Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology by Verlyn Flieger. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2005. xv, 172 pp. $18.00 (trade paperback) ISBN 0873388240. Verlyn Flieger's third book on Tolkien does several things that needed doing. Incorporating material published over the last few years, this book makes an argument with numerous new conclusions, and opens ways for "other minds and hands." Flieger described her theme some years ago as "Tolkien and the idea of the book"; relying on trends in Tolkienist research that have come to the foreground in the last few years, the book is an inspiring combination of cultural and literary history, with an admirable command of Tolkien philology. What it gives us is a new way of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tolkien Studies West Virginia University Press

Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology (review)

Nagy, Gergely
Tolkien Studies , Volume 3 (1) – May 9, 2006
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Book Reviews of "Fanuilos, le linnathon" in the Elbereth hymn. 18 Obviously not all; one would have to list hundreds of people, over a span of five decades, in a multiplicity of countries. Salo does thank some close associates by name in the Preface (xv). 19 Jim Allan, et al., An Introduction to Elvish (Somerset: Bran's Head Books, 1978); and Ruth S. Noel, The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-earth (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980). 20 See Salo, p. 153. Interrupted Music. The Making of Tolkien's Mythology by Verlyn Flieger. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2005. xv, 172 pp. $18.00 (trade paperback) ISBN 0873388240. Verlyn Flieger's third book on Tolkien does several things that needed doing. Incorporating material published over the last few years, this book makes an argument with numerous new conclusions, and opens ways for "other minds and hands." Flieger described her theme some years ago as "Tolkien and the idea of the book"; relying on trends in Tolkienist research that have come to the foreground in the last few years, the book is an inspiring combination of cultural and literary history, with an admirable command of Tolkien philology. What it gives us is a new way of

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Published: May 9, 2006

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