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| Author | Dimitra Fimi |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary criticism, Tolkien research |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Awards | Mythopoeic Scholarship Award 2010 |
| ISBN | 978-0-230-21951-9 |
| OCLC | 3 |
Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits is a 2008 book by Dimitra Fimi about J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Scholars largely welcomed the book, praising its accessibility and its skilful application of a biographical-historical method which sets the development of Tolkien's legendarium in the context of Tolkien's life and times. Major themes of the book include Tolkien's constructed languages, and the issues of race and racism surrounding his work.
The book won the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies in 2010.
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