Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record
First Artist
Bg Callahan
First Illustration
Ghan-buri-ghan
Second Illustration
Beren and Tinuviel hiding from one of Morgoth's servants
Second Artist
George Barr
Abstract
Attempts to define the genre of The Lord of the Rings, an “alien but very effective piece of work” that defies easy categorization. Settles on “a quest-story presented in an epic and fairy-tale medium.”
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Levitin, Alexis
(1970)
"The Genre of The Lord of the Rings,"
Tolkien Journal: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 1.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/tolkien_journal/vol4/iss1/1
