Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth

by Marjorie Burns
Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth

by Marjorie Burns

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Overview

Perilous Realms gives this advantage to all readers and provides new discoveries, including material from obscure, little-known Celtic texts and a likely new source for the name 'hobbit.' It is truly essential reading for Tolkien fans.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802038067
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date: 08/28/2005
Series: Heritage Series
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 964,458
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Marjorie Burns is a professor in the Department of English at Portland State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on Spelling
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Two Norths and Their English Blend
2. Skin-Changing in More than One Sense: The Complexity of Beorn
3. Bridges, Gates, and Doors
4. Iceland and Middle-earth: Two Who Loved the North
5. Spiders and Evil Red Eyes: The Shadow Sides of Gandalf and Galadriel
6. Wisewomen, Shieldmaidens, Nymphs, and Goddesses
7. Eating, Devouring, Sacrifice, and Ultimate Just Deserts (Why Elves Are Vegetarian and the Unrefined Are Not)
8. Three Questions by Way of Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

Verlyn Flieger

Perilous Realms is a pleasure to read. Marjorie Burns writes in a style that is literate and graceful, avoiding the stiff and stuffy prose of much of today’s critical prose. With this valuable piece of work, Burns displays a thorough knowledge of both Norse and Celtic literature of the medieval period, and by focusing on the hitherto-undervalued Celtic aspect of Tolkien’s fiction, fills a gap in the spectrum of Tolkien scholarship.’

Wayne G. Hammond

‘The Northern aspects of Tolkien’s fiction have long deserved closer study. Marjorie Burns’ Perilous Realms does much to redress the balance. All students and enthusiasts of Tolkien’s works will welcome her insights into the intricacies of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.’

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