Title: The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

Title: The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays Title Record # 873006
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
Date: 1983-00-00
Type: NONFICTION
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: Seven essays, most of which were originally oral lectures or addresses. Only one ("A Secret Vice") directly addresses Tolkien's own fictional creations, but several throw light on his thinking on literary art in general. The title essay is one of his most famous works among professional colleagues, and "On Fairy Stories" is perhaps his best known essay among non-technical readers.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1987^ⓘTranslated by Wolfgang Krege	German	Die Ungeheuer und ihre Kritiker
2006^ⓘTranslated by Christine Laferrière	French	Les monstres et les critiques et autres essais

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays	1983-00-00	J. R. R. Tolkien	George Allen & Unwin	0-04-809019-0		240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays	1984-06-00	J. R. R. Tolkien	Houghton Mifflin	0-395-35635-0	$15.95^?$: US dollar	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
Die Ungeheuer und ihre Kritiker	1987-00-00	J. R. R. Tolkien	Klett-Cotta (Hobbit Presse)	3-608-95257-8	DM 38.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	262	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	non-fic
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays	1997-01-00	J. R. R. Tolkien	HarperCollins (UK)	0-261-10263-X	£9.99^?£: UK pound	240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays	2006-00-00	J. R. R. Tolkien	HarperCollins (UK)	0-261-10263-X	£8.99^?£: UK pound	240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Snowdon
Les monstres et les critiques et autres essais	2006-05-04	J. R. R. Tolkien	Christian Bourgois	2-267-01820-9	€22.00^?€: Euro	294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays	date unknown	J. R. R. Tolkien	HarperCollins (UK)	978-0-261-10263-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound	240	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	non-fic	Snowdon

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Reviews

Review by Diane K. Bauerle (1984) in Fantasy Review, September 1984
Review [German] by
Franz Schröpf^?Franz Schroepf
(1990) in Fantasia 49/50
Review by Paul Kincaid (1997) in Vector 193
Review [French] by Bertrand Bonnet (2014) in Bifrost, #76