The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays 026110263X, 9780261102637

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THE MONSTERS AND THE CRITICS and O ther Essays

ALSO BY

W O R K S P U B L IS H E D

J . R . R . T O L K IE N

PO STH U M O U SLY

The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings Leaf by Niggle On Fairy Stones The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Farmer Giles ofHam The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Smith ofWootton Major The Road Goes Ever On (with Donald Swann)

The Silmarillion The Father Christmas Letters Sir Gawain, Pearl and Sir Orfeo Pictures b yJR R Tolkien Unfinished Tales The Letters o ff R R Tolkien Mr Bliss The Monsters and the Cntics and OtherEssays Finn and Hengest

T H E H I S T O R Y O F M I D D L E -E A R T H B Y C H R IS T O P H E R T O L K IE N

I The Book ofLost Tales Part 1 II The Book ofLost Tales Part 2 ΠΙ The Lays of Beleriand TV The Shaping of Middle-earth V The Lost Road and Other Writings VI The Return of the Shadow VII The Treason oflsengard V ili The War of the Ri ng IX Sauron Defeated X Morgoth’s Ring XI The War of theJewels XU The Peoples of Middle-earth

THE MONSTERS AND THE CRITICS and Other Essays

JR R Tolkien E dited by C h risto p h er Tolkien

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First published in Great Britain by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd 1983 © Frank Richard Williamson and Christopher Reuel Tolkien as Executors o f the estate o f J.R.R. Tolkien, 1983