The Riddles of the Hobbit

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.

Author: Adam Roberts
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.9lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781137373632
2013 Edition