John Garth writes literary history and criticism about J. R. R. Tolkien, especially the relationship between Tolkien's early mythology, war experience and physical landscapes. Tolkien and the Great War reconstructs Tolkien's years around the First World War and the formation of the group known as the TCBS, showing how early versions of Middle-earth developed alongside friendship, military service and bereavement. The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien turns to places Tolkien knew or encountered through reading and travel, comparing real landscapes, architecture and historical environments with locations in his fiction. Garth's writing is detailed, source-based and accessible to general Tolkien readers without reducing the books to biography alone. His work fits Tolkien studies, literary biography and the history behind fantasy world-building. Read more Less
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