The nature of Middle-earth : late writings on the lands, inhabitants, and metaphysics of Middle-earth
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HarperCollins Publishers,
London :
2021.
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About
First ever publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's final writings on Middle-earth, covering a wide range of subjects and perfect for those who have read and enjoyed The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and The History of Middle-earth, and want to learn more about Tolkien's magnificent world.
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- ISBN: 9780008387921
- Physical Description: xxi, 440 pages ; 23 cmprint
- Publisher: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: PART ONE: Time and aging: The Valian year -- Valinorian time-divisions -- Of time in Arda -- Time-scales -- Natural youth and growth of the Quendi -- The Awakening of the Quendi -- The March of the Quendi -- Eldarin traditions concerning the "Awakening" -- Time-scales and rates of growth -- Difficulties in chronology -- Ageing of Elves -- Concerning the Quendi in their mode of life and growth -- Key dates -- Calculation of the increase of the Quendi -- A generational scheme -- Note on the youth and growth of the Quendi -- Generational schemes -- Elvish ages & Númenórean -- Elvish life-cycles -- Time and its perception -- Notes on Elvish time-reference -- A fragment from The Annals of Aman -- A fragment from The Grey Annals -- PART TWO: Body, mind and spirit: Beauty and goodness -- Gender and sex -- Eldarin hands, fingers, and numerals -- Hair -- Beards -- Descriptions of characters -- Mind-pictures -- Knowledge and memory -- Ósanwe-kenta -- Notes on Órë -- Fate and free will -- The knowledge of the Valar -- Spirit -- The visible forms of the Valar and Maiar -- Elvish reincarnation -- From The Statue of Finwë and Míriel -- Death -- PART THREE: The world, its lands, and its inhabitants: Dark and Light -- The primal impulse -- Powers of the Valar -- The making of lembas -- Note on Elvish economy -- Dwellings in Middle-earth -- The founding of Nargothrond -- Manwë's ban -- Elvish journeys on horseback -- Rider to "The White Rider" -- Lives of the Númenóreans -- The ageing of Númenóreans -- Of the land and beasts of Númenor -- Note on the consumption of mushrooms -- The Númenórean catastrophe & end of "physical" Aman -- Galadriel and Celeborn -- Silvan Elves and Silvan Elvish -- Note on the delay of Gil-galad and the Númenóreans -- Note on Dwarvish voices -- Note on the Dwarf Road -- From The Hunt for the Ring -- The rivers and beacon-hills of Gondor -- APPENDICES: Metaphysical and theological themes -- Glossary and index of Quenya terms.