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MIDDLE AMERICA MEETS MIDDLE-EARTH.
- Source :
-
Book History (Pennsylvania State University Press) . 2005, Vol. 8, p245-286. 42p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Investigates the public perception of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" in the U.S. during the late 1960s. Reasons why the book has provoked a wide variety of reactions; Legal copyright status of "The Lord of the Rings"; Discussion of how the book related to its rapidly expanding, almost uniformly youthful readership; Elements that underlay some of the hostility more sophisticated readers have displayed toward "The Lord of the Rings."
- Subjects :
- *BOOKS & reading
*READERSHIP
*COPYRIGHT
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10987371
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Book History (Pennsylvania State University Press)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17733154
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/bh.2005.0011