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Verlyn Flieger is professor emerita of English at the University of Maryland where she teaches courses on Tolkien, medieval and modern literature, and comparative mythology. She has written three books on Tolkien: Splintered Light, A Question of Time, and Interrupted Music (all published by The Kent State University Press). She has also edited a critical edition of Tolkien’s novella Smith of Wootton Major, and an expanded edition with notes and commentary of Tolkien’s most influential theoretical essay, “On Fairy-Stories.”

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Paperback: 208 pages

Publisher: The Kent State University Press; Revised edition (January 28, 2002)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0873387449

ISBN-13: 978-0873387446

Product Dimensions:

6 x 0.5 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.6 out of 5 stars

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Verlyn Flieger first published this book in the early 1980s, only a few years after the publication of The Silmarillion. It was the first important study of Tolkien's great story, and this Revised Edition, published twenty years later, has additional value because the longer time period allows deeper perspective.Many of the essays in this work deal with Flieger's analysis of the influence on Tolkien of his fellow Inkling, Owen Barfield. Barfield had developed a linguistic theory of the fragmentation (or splintering) of meaning, which caused Tolkien to rethink many of his own ideas on philology. Flieger demonstrates that Tolkien used Barfield's concept throughout his writings, but most especially in the stories and tales which became The Silmarillion. Flieger's masterly retelling and analyses of many of those tales, especially those dealing with Feanor's creation of the Silmarils, their theft by Morgoth after his destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor, and the ensuing rebellion of the Noldor breathe fresh life into words that I have dearly loved ever since first reading them in 1977.Splintered Light, like the rest of Flieger's work, is a highly scholarly but accessible and fascinating work. All lovers of the worlds created by J.R.R. Tolkien owe it to themselves to read and savor Flieger's fascinating analyses.

I have read enough about and by Dr. Tolkien that it is difficult for me to find something fresh or new. But this book goes back to the first parts of Tolkien's creation to the Music of the Ainur and how it informs everything that follows - even to the singing of Tom Bombadil to show how really old he is. This is not a book for me to read in one sitting. It takes some thought and in some way is more like a text than a review or survey. But if you seriously want to know about Tolkien's vision and his desire to revive a English mythology, this is the book for you. It is all there from Music to LIght to Language.

This is another of Flieger's book that focuses on a specialized aspect of Middle-earth as the other book, A Question of Time, did. This one is more centered on The Silmarillion and on the idea of language. It speaks of Feanor's creation of the Silmarils and what happened because of that event and his inability to let go of his possession, as later Frodo will be unable to do, and of Beren and Thingol and much else in that immensely detailed tapestry of the early history of the Elves, Dwarves and Men.It has also in the later chapters much of interest to say about Frodo and how he was "broken by a burden of fear and horror - broken down, and in the end made into something quite different," as the Professor wrote in one of his letters. "Filled with clear light" he was to become, though we see but the beginning of that transformation and can only guess that it continued after he went West. There is also an analysis of "The Sea-Bell" poem which is my favorite of mine due to its association with Frodo. Another very interesting book from Flieger and my favorite of hers. If you only read one of hers, read this one!

Finally a book that explains the differences among the Vanyar, Sindarin, and Noldorin elves; who the Calaquendi and Moriquendi were; why the story of Maeglin was important; in short, this book really put the Silmarillion into persepctive for me. As other reviewers have noted, Dr. Flieger explains not just Tolkien's literaure, but also Tolkien's philosophy. Anyone stumped by the Silmarillion should read this book. Anyone who loves Tolkien must read this book

Excellent insights into Tolkiens use of mythic language.

A wonderful work of literary criticism and scholarly analysis of Tolkien. Flieger delves deep into Middle-Earth and inspects all facets of Tolkien's world. I highly recommend this for all Tolkien fans interested in the linguistics behind the mastermind.

highly recommended

This book will change your perspective not only on The Lord of the Rings, but on life in general. I know it has done mine. The idea of language developing from mythology, and not the other way round as has been the common conception, was a new one to me when I read this book. Though I had always held the belief that God, myth, and language are interconnected ("In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God") I had never fully grasped the impact and full meaning of that until I read this book.Owen Barfield's theories, whilst interesting, were always just slightly abstruse for me: Verlyn Flieger has done me - and the rest of the literary world - a great service in setting forth and clarifying such excellent reasoning.Though it is highly technical in some parts - most specifically in the chapters on the etymology, significance and meaning of names - it is as riveting as a first-rate mystery. I found myself unable to put it down. As all good books do, it definitely warrants a second, third, fourth, and fifth reading, and will not get old with repeated study. Hobbyist philologists (like me) and anyone interested in language, myth, religion, philosophy, or The Lord of the Rings (which adroitly combines all four) must read this book. It will change your life and your outlook on the world and our relation to it and its Maker.

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