A Question of Time
1997 book by Verlyn Flieger
A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkien's Road to Faërie is a scholarly book by Verlyn Flieger, published in 1997. The book explores the theme of "time" and "time-travel" in J.R.R. Tolkien's writings. It is the winner of the 1998 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies.
Some Tolkien's writings in this book include:
- Passages from a draft note to On Fairy-stories.
- Passages from Tolkien's unfinished essay Elvish time.
- Quotes from a formerly unpublished essay concerning Smith of Wootton Major.
- Two manuscript pages from the drafts for the Lothlórien chapters in The Fellowship of the Ring.
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Between Worlds and Times
- 2. Remembrance That Never Dies
- 3. Strange Powers of the Mind
- 4. Over a Bridge of Time
- 5. Where the Dream-fish Go
- 6. Travelers Between the Worlds
- 7. Further Off Than Sussex
- 8. Frodo's Dreams
- 9. Falling Asleep Again
- 10. A Dream of Light and Dark
- 11. Pitfalls in Faërie
- Epilogue: His Gift of Glee
Publication history and gallery
Referencias
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