The revised edition is thought to be essential reading for Tolkien scholars. It delves deeply into Tolkien's use of language in his creation of his mythology, language being the most important element of storytelling to Tolkien. I haven't read it for some years, but as I recall it mostly deals with The Silmarillion, but is definitely worth the money is one wants to understand Tolkien's entire oeuvre.
My notes say that Flieger goes through the "Bwf" and "On Fairy-stories" essays as well as Silmarillion; I haven't read the book but concur that it's well thought-of.
(In 1995 I produced an undergrad research paper on what people said Tolkien's sources were for LotR. Skipped reading Flieger because of his Silmarillion focus.)
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Date: 2004-03-18 04:19 pm (UTC)(In 1995 I produced an undergrad research paper on what people said Tolkien's sources were for LotR. Skipped reading Flieger because of his Silmarillion focus.)
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