J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
By Harold Bloom
1999
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— Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature—The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism—Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
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Author
Harold Bloom
Author · 172 books
Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies.
