The keys of Middle-earth: discovering medieval literature through the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien

'The Keys of Middle-Earth' uniquely introduces the reader to the world of Medieval literature through the fiction of J.R.R.

Tolkien. Using key episodes in 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', readers are taken back to the works of Old, Middle English and Old Norse literature that so influenced Tolkien.