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Understanding Middle-Earth: Essays on Tolkien's Middle-Earth (Paperback)
by Michael Martinez (Author), Matt Tinaglia (Author)
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  • Paperback: 520 pages
  • Publisher: Vivisphere Publishing (17 Nov 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1587761459
  • ISBN-13: 978-1587761454
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Popular commentary on Middle-earth!, 1 Feb 2005
Michael Martinez follows up his first book on Tolkien's Middle-earth with an even better one. His trademark conversational tone and style introduce Tolkien's readers to new persepctives on Elves, Hobbits, Numenorians, and other fantastic inhabitants of Middle-Earth. Advising that '...if you really want to see where it all came from...you first need to see what it all is', Martinez explores Tolkien's pseudo-history in detail, analyzing the motivations and values of Middle-Earth's civilizations as described by Tolkien himself. Extensive research on Tolkien's Second Age, a mysterious era spanning thousands of years, illuminates the second 'fall' of Tolkien's Elves, who made the dreadful Rings of Power, withheld vital knowledge from their allies, and exposed all of Middle-Earth to Sauron's evil. Finally, Martinez provides a wealth of insightful commentary, quoting Tolkien's letters and his son Christopher's extensive documentation, on those of Tolkien's sources which are often missed by other researchers. You will never look at Middle-Earth the same way again after reading Understanding Middle-Earth!
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