Wizards/i, Michael Stanton, a scholar of science fiction and fantasy literature, offers an extraordinary encounter withiThe Lord of the Rings/i. Believing that there is no epic of contemporary literature to matchiThe Lord of the Rings/i, Stanton delves critically into the richness of the story. He explores the intricacies of its dialogue and illuminates the idiosyncratic nature of it characters. He looks at places, dreams, notions of time and history. Eschewing academic jargon, Stanton provides an intriguing look at Tolkien's fantasyscape that ultimately shows how all of these parts meld into a singularly compelling work of art that lives and breathes. For those who have read and lovediThe Lord of the Rings/i, Stanton embarks on an exploration of Tolkien's genius, painting a rich and wonderful critical portrait of the world he created, a portrait that no one who truly hopes to understand Tolkien's vision will want to be without.br/divDIVbPart One/b* Acknowledgements * Preface * Backgrounds * Geography, History, Theme *iThe Fellowship of the Ring:/iPrologue and Book One *iThe Fellowship of the Ring:/iBook Two * A Short Interlude *iThe Two Towers:/iBook Three *iThe Two Towers:/iBook Four *iThe Return of the King:/iBook Five *iThe Return of the King:/iBook Six *bPart Two/b* The Elves * The Dwarves * The Ents * Humankind * Darkness, Evil, and Forms of the Enemy * On Languages * Mind, Spirit, and Dream iniThe Lord of the Rings/i* Hobbits in Hollywood: TheiFellowship/iFilm * Afterword * Notes * Bibliography * Indexbr/divDIVbPart One/b* Acknowledgements * Preface * Backgrounds * Geography, History, Theme *iThe Fel?Р (less)

the 1980s addresses wide-ranging intellectual and philosophical problems of sculpture, raising issues of materiality, size and shape, anti-illusionism, and perceptual conditions.br /br /bThe essays/b:br /br /br /- Notes on Sculpture (Parts 1-4).br /br /- Anti Form.br /br /- Some Notes on the Phenomenology of Making: The Search for the Motivated.br /br /- The Art of Existence.br /br /- Three Extra-Visual Artists: Works in Process.br /br /- Some Splashes in the Ebb Tide.br /br /- Aligned with Nazca.br /br /- The Present Terms of Space.br /br /- Notes on Art as/and Land Reclamation.br /br /- American Quartet.br /br /- Three Folds in the Fabric and Four Autobiographical Asides as Allegories (or Interruptions).br /br /- Robert Morris Replies to Roger Denson (Or Is That a Mouse in My Paragon?)br /br /An IOCTOBER/Ibook  (less)

troubled times, a boy who knows all the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become an adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams – whatever the cost.brbrA book that celebrates the desire to speak and the need to say nothing,iThe Anatomy School/imoves from the enforced silence of Martin’s Catholic school retreat, through the hilarious tea-and-biscuits repartee of his eccentric elders, to the awkward wit and loose profanity of his two friends – the charismatic Kavanagh and the subversive Blaise Foley – as we follow Martin from the initiations of youth to the devoutly wished consummation of the flesh.brbrbriFrom the Hardcover edition./i“Hilarious, poignant, barbed and brilliant … this novel turns high anxieties and pain into well wrought fiction.” --iThe Globe and Mail/ibrbr“One of the best coming of age novels I have ever read…. Sheer perfection.” --iBooks Ireland/ibrbbrPraise foriGrace Notes/i:/bbrbr“To point out the excellence of MacLaverty’s writing is almost to do it a disservice. His prose is invisible, free of tricks, as though it was your own thoughts.... He ranks as a master.” --iThe Observer/iBernard MacLaverty has written four novels and four collections of stories. His last novel,bGrace Notes/b, was a finalist for the Booker Prize and won the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. He has also written successful versions of his fiction as radio plays, television plays and screenplays. He lives in Glasgow.b1.A Weekend Retreat/bbrbrHis mother ca?ê=p£×ÿ¾Û€  (less)