Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World

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Since the light of the Silmarils is enclosed in jewels, it does not necessarily shine for all and on all, as does the light of the Trees from which it comes. It can be owned, possessed by a single individual to the exclusion of others; it can be held in ...

• ISBN bar code 9780873387446 ξ1 registered September 22 2015
  
• ISBN bar code 9780873387446 ξ2 registered October 17 2012
  
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J.R.R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true-depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during and after The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A collection of stories, it provides information alluded to in Tolkien's better known works and, in doing so, turns The Lord of the Rings into much more than a sequel to The Hobbit, making it instead a continuation of the mythology of Middle-earth.

^ Verlyn Flieger (2002). Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World ISBN 9780873387446 (revised Nov 2015)
^ Verlyn Flieger (2012). 9780873387446, Kent State University Press. ISBN 9780873387446 (revised May 2014)