J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit": Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion - Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon 1st ed. 2022 edition

Drawing on Marxist literary criticism and narrative theory, this book examines the form and content of Tolkien’s work, demonstrating how the heroic romance is simultaneously employed and subverted by Tolkien in his tale of an unlikely hero, “quite a little fellow in a wide world,” who nonetheless makes history.