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Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — December 2011
The ecological augury in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Campbell, Liam. (Cormarė series; no.21)
Walking Tree Publishers, ©2011 305 p. $24.30 PR6039
978-3-905703-18-4
A scholar of English literature based in Northern Ireland, Campbell has written and spoken about British scholar and fantasy writer Tolkien (1892-1973) and about environmentalism across Europe and America. Here he combines the two interests to produce a green reading of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. His topics are contrasting environmental person as: Tom Bambadil with Saruman and Gandalf with Sauron, human and non-human perspectives on the world, tales that grew in the telling, mirrors of the golden wood, and trouble with the trees. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
