J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary editor, Christopher Tolkien, published 24 of his father's posthumous works during his own lifetime. This collection of essays by world-renowned scholars, together with family reminiscences, sheds new light on Tolkien's work. This illustrated volume is essential reading for Tolkien scholars, readers and fans.
"Over more than four decades, J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor Christopher Tolkien completed some twenty-four volumes of his father's work, much more than his father had succeeded in publishing during his own lifetime. Thanks to Christopher's ... publishing efforts and scholarship, readers today can survey and understand the vast landscape of Tolkien's legendarium. [This book] sheds new light on J. R.R. Tolkien's work and the debt owed to Christopher by the many Tolkien scholars who were privileged to work with him"--Publisher marketing.
