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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: The World of the Rings Subtitle: Language, Religion, and Adventure in Tolkien Author: Jared C. Lobdell Narrator: Stuart Appleton Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins Language: English Release date: 12-29-16 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic Publisher's Summary: Jared Lobdell examines Tolkien's methods and his worldview by following the thread of three influences: the Edwardian adventure story, the science of philology, or comparative languages, and Roman Catholic theology. The "Edwardian mode" of adventure story (King Solomon's Mines, The Lost World) is one in which a small group of Englishmen make an expedition to foreign parts and find supernatural terrors awaiting them, finally returning home, mission accomplished. The architecture and narrative style of these adventure stories is followed completely in The Hobbit and The Lord