Author : Adam Roberts
Release : 2013-11-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 632/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Riddles of The Hobbit by : Adam Roberts
Download or read book The Riddles of The Hobbit written by Adam Roberts. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riddles are threaded through The Hobbit , and are key to Tolkien's creative imagination. The Riddles of The Hobbit situates this novel and the rest of Tolkien's writing in the context of Old English riddling culture, and more modern day examples; it sets out to solve the many riddles of the novel in original and often surprising ways.