When was the book Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon published?
The full version of the book arrived in 2003. The short version appeared earlier under a different title in 1992.
The full version of the book arrived in 2003. The short version appeared earlier under a different title in 1992.
Brian Rosebury, a lecturer in humanities at the University of Central Lancashire, wrote both versions. His specialization covers Tolkien studies, literary aesthetics, and moral philosophy.
Palgrave Macmillan released this expanded paperback at 246 pages across six chapters. The original short version contained 167 pages and four chapters.
Rosebury describes the writing as not ignorant of that movement but actually antagonistic to it. He searches for parallels among the Modernists such as Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and T. S. Eliot.
Peter Jackson adapted the story for film despite Tolkien's stated opinion that The Lord of the Rings was quite unsuitable for dramatization. Douglas A. Anderson reviews this section noting that Rosebury is less rigorously critical when discussing Peter Jackson's film interpretation than when analyzing the literature.