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Tolkien e a Grande Guerra: O limiar da Terra-média (Portuguese Edition) Kindle Edition

Portuguese Edition by John Garth (Author), Ronald Kyrmse (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition

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A Terra-média nasceu entre as trincheiras
Esta premiada biografia se aprofunda, pela primeira vez, na trágica experiência de Tolkien na Primeira Guerra Mundial. No verão de 1916, aos 24 anos de idade, o jovem acadêmico de Oxford embarcou para a França como segundo-tenente da Força Expedicionária Britânica. Chegou a tempo de participar da Batalha de Somme, a ofensiva que continua a ser considerada a mais letal da história militar britânica.
Para John Garth, os horrores que Tolkien vivenciou na Grande Guerra, incluindo a perda de dois de seus amigos mais próximos, são a base para a construção de O Senhor dos Anéis. A mente criativa de Tolkien encontrou uma válvula de escape, e ele começou a escrever os primeiros rascunhos de sua mitologia sobre a Terra-média "em abrigos sob o fogo de granadas".
Com base em uma meticulosa pesquisa histórica sobre a Primeira Guerra e a partir das cartas e documentos pessoais de Tolkien nessa época, este livro é uma adição valiosa ao corpo ainda crescente de biografias de escritores forjados, moldados ou meramente influenciados por este evento histórico. Ao contrário de muitos de seus contemporâneos que se renderam à desilusão, Tolkien manteve o encantamento vivo, remodelando toda uma tradição literária em uma forma que segue fascinando milhões de leitores pelo mundo e ressoando até os dias de hoje.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09QMMQWXJ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Brasil; 1st edition (February 10, 2022)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2022
Language ‏ : ‎ Portuguese
File size ‏ : ‎ 4571 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages

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John Garth

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Writer, editor and researcher John Garth is known worldwide for his ongoing work on Tolkien’s life and creativity, and was awarded the Tolkien Society’s Outstanding Contribution Award in 2017.

His first book, Tolkien and the Great War, won the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award. His second and third, Tolkien at Exeter College and The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien (published in the UK by Frances Lincoln and in the US by Princeton University Press) were nominees. His books are in 15 languages so far. He continues to research and write about Tolkien’s creative life.

John has also contributed chapters to the Blackwell Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien; the Bodleian Library exhibition book Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth; and The Great Tales Never End: Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien. He speaks and lectures about Tolkien internationally.

After reading English at St Anne’s College, Oxford, John worked for many years for the London Evening Standard.

For more, including articles and posts on Tolkien and other topics (and how to buy Tolkien at Exeter College) see his website, http://www.johngarth.co.uk, and his blog, https://johngarth.wordpress.com/.

John is on Twitter @johngarthwriter and on Facebook as JohnGarthWriter.