Middle-Earth, Gandalf, Frodo, Bilbo: The places and characters that sprang from the mind of J.R.R.Tolkien will live forever in the imaginations of millions of readers. In HOBBITS, ELVES AND WIZARDS Michael Stanton, a scholar of science fiction and fantasy literature, offers an extraordinary encounter with Tolkien's masterpiece. For those who have read and loved THE LORD OF THE RINGS, Stanton embarks on an exploration of Tolkien's genius, painting a rich and wonderful critical portrait of the world he created, a portrait that no one who truly hopes to understand Tolkien's vision will want to be without.