About the Book: Making of Middle-earth
This volume is perhaps the most in-depth exploration ever undertaken of
Tolkiens world. Accessible but authoritative, and fully illustrated, it is now
being reissued with a stunning new cover treatment and updated commentary on new
books, films, games, and shows.
This book, originally published in 2013 and richly illustrated with photographs
and artwork,was the first to connect all the threads of influence on Tolkien
that infused his creation of Middle-earth—from the languages, poetry, and
mythology of medieval Europe and ancient Greece and Rome to the halls of Oxford
and the battlefields of World War I. Snyder examines the impact