Terry Brooks. David Eddings. George R. R. Martin. Robin Hobb.
The top names in modern
fantasy all acknowledge J. R. R. Tolkien as their role model, the author whose work
inspired them to create their own epics. But what writers influenced Tolkien himself?
Here, internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson has gathered
the fiction of authors who sparked Tolkien's imagination in a collection destined
to become a classic in its own right.
Andrew Lang's romantic swashbuckler, ""The
Story of Sigurd,"" features magic rings, an enchanted sword, and a brave hero loved
by two beautiful women- and cursed by a ferocious dragon. Tolkien read E. A. Wyke-Smith's
""The Marvelous Land of Snergs"" to his children, delighting in these charming tales
of a pixieish people ""only slightly taller than the average table."" Also appearing
in this collection is a never-before-published gem by David Lindsay, author of Voyage
to Arcturus, a novel which Tolkien praised highly both as a thriller and as a work
of philosophy, religion, and morals.
In stories packed with magical journeys, conflicted
heroes, and terrible beasts, this extraordinary volume is one that no fan of fantasy
or Tolkien should be without. These tales just might inspire a new generation of
creative writers.
Tales Before Tolkien-
22 Magical Stories
""The Elves"" by Ludwig
Tieck
""The Golden Key"" by George Macdonald
""Puss-Cat Mew"" by E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen
""The Griffin and the Minor Canon"" by Frank R. Stockton
""The Demon Pope"" by Richard
Garnett
""The Story of Sigurd"" by Andrew Lang
""The Folk of the Mountain Door"" by William
Morris
""Black Heart and White Heart"" by H. Rider Haggard
""The Dragon Tamers"" by E.
Nesbit
""The Far Islands"" by John Buchan
""The Drawn Arrow"" by Clemence Housman
""The
Enchanted Buffalo"" by L. Frank Baum
""Chu-bu and Sheemish"" by Lord Dunsany
""The Baumhoff
Explosive"" by William Hope Hodgson
""The Regent of the North"" by Kenneth Morris
""The
Coming of the Terror"" by Arthur Machen
""The Elf Trap"" by Francis Stevens
""The Thin
Queen of Elfhame"" by James Branch Cabell
""The Woman of the Wood"" by A. Merritt
""Golithos
the Ogre"" by E. A. Wyke-Smith
""The Story of Alwina"" by Austin Tappan Wright
""A Christmas
Play"" by David Lindsay
By:
Douglas A. Anderson, Ludwig Tieck, George MacDonald, E. Nesbit, Richard Garnett Imprint: Ballantine Country of Publication: United States Edition: annotated edition Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 157mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 543g ISBN:9780345458551 ISBN 10: 0345458559 Pages: 436 Publication Date:15 August 2003 Audience:
General/trade
,
College/higher education
,
ELT Advanced
,
A / AS level
Format:Other merchandise Publisher's Status: Active
