Paul H. Kocher (1907–1998)
Author of Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien
About the Author
Works by Paul H. Kocher
California's Old Missions: The Story of the Founding of the 21 Franciscan Missions (1976) 7 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism (2004) — Contributor — 212 copies, 2 reviews
Essays on Shakespeare and Elizabethan drama in honor of Hardin Craig (1962) — Contributor — 6 copies
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- Legal name
- Kocher, Paul Harold
- Birthdate
- 1907-04-23
- Date of death
- 1998-07-17
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK (birth)
USA - Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Trinidad, British Empire
- Place of death
- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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Statistics
- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 1,135
- Popularity
- #22,616
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 9
- ISBNs
- 21
- Languages
- 4
Still, after I accepted it for what it was, I found it to be quite an enjoyable book. It reads rather like a series of seminar lectures - what you might hear from a (rather entertaining) professor if you signed up for a class on Tolkien. (The author was a professor, so this is not surprising).
As might be expected, some of the observations are rather obvious, but others are quite insightful, and indicative of well-done research. Kocher obviously loves and respects Tolkien's work, but not to the point of sounding 'fannish.'
The book was published in 1972, so some of Tokien's posthumously published works are not spoken of, but overall, I have to say this book is worthwhile for any Tolkien fan.… (more)