J.R.R. Tolkien
This is an intellectual appreciation of Tolkien, written by someone who is a scholar, a perceptive critic, and a lover of his works. It is by far the best all round appreciation of Tolkien that I have read. He gives a good biographical outline of his life, and a short appreciation of 'The Man' himself. He has clearly read and enjoyed many of the works that influenced Tolkien, and relates them to what Tolkien thought and wrote. He establishes that LOTR, a...
