Princess and the Goblin - A Book That Inspired Tolkien (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
232
Utgivningsdatum
2018-07-01
Förlag
Quillpen Pty Ltd T/A Leaves of Gold Press
Medarbetare
Dart-Thornton, Cecilia (introd.)
Illustratör/Fotograf
Jessie Willcox Smith
Illustrationer
11 Illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 12 mm
Vikt
318 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
23:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on White w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9781925110098

Princess and the Goblin - A Book That Inspired Tolkien

With Original Illustrations

av George MacDonald
Häftad,  Engelska, 2018-07-01
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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN – A BOOK THAT INSPIRED TOLKIEN. With original illustrations.

THE PROFESSOR’S BOOKSHELF #5:

Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, was a great admirer of George MacDonald’s fairy-stories. When his children were young, he used to read The Princess and the Goblin to them in the evenings, before they went to bed.

‘Tolkien knew well MacDonald’s children’s books “The Princess and the Goblin” and “The Princess and Curdie”, both of which influenced Tolkien’s depiction of goblins in The Hobbit,’ writes Douglas A. Anderson in ‘Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy’. Dart-Thornton’s introduction notes similarities between this story and Tolkien’s works, for example: ‘The wise, magical, prescient grandmother of the Princess Irene, seems to be a literary ancestor of Galadriel; centuries old and yet looking young, a queen, a healer, a beautiful, golden-haired woman associated with water. ‘Princess Irene has a magic ring which is associated with invisibility, being linked to a semi-visible thread. This ring aids her in an escape from the Goblin Underground, much as The One Ring aids Bilbo.’

This new edition contains ten illustrations by Jessie Willcox-Smith from the 1920 edition, which was published when Tolkien was aged 28, his eldest child John was three years old and his second child Michael had just been born. The delicately beautiful drawings of Willcox-Smith have been loved by generations of children to this very day. Also included is an illustration by Arthur Hughes from the 1911 edition.
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George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. MacDonald was a prolific novelist. He is now known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy works, and their influence on later authors, such as W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. "A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."

Innehållsförteckning

1.    why the princess has a story about her        1

2.    The Princess Loses Herself        5

3.    The Princess and — We Shall See Who        9

4.    What the Nurse Thought of It        15

5.    The Princess Lets Well Alone        19

6.    The Little Miner        23

7.    The Mines        35

8.    The Goblins        39

9.    The Hall of the Goblin Palace        47

10.    The Princess’s King-Papa        55

11.    The Old Lady’s Bedroom        61

12.    A Short Chapter About Curdie        69

13.    The Cobs’ Creatures        73

14.    That Night Week        77

15.    Woven and then Spun        81

16.    The Ring        91

17.    Springtime        95

18.    Curdie’s Clue        99

19.    Goblin Counsels        109

20.    Irene’s Clue        115

21.    The Escape        121

22.    The Old Lady and Curdie        133

23.    Curdie and His Mother        139

24.    Irene Behaves Like a Princess        147

25.    Curdie Comes to Grief        151

26.    The Goblin-Miners        157

27.    The Goblins in the King’s House        161

28.    Curdie’s Guide        167

29.    Masonwork        173

30.    The King and the Kiss        177

31.    The Subterranean Waters        181

32.    The Last Chapter        187

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