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The Monsters and the Critics

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The Monsters and the Critics

Summary

The Monsters and the Critics is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Monsters and the Critics authored J. R. R. Tolkien[3].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's editor is recorded as Christopher Tolkien[5].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's publisher is recorded as George Allen & Unwin Limited[6].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's publisher is recorded as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[7].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's genre is recorded as literature[8].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's follows is recorded as Finn and Hengest[9].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's followed by is recorded as The Book of Lost Tales[10].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[12].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's publication date is recorded as +1983-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025zvz[14].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's Open Library ID is recorded as OL14926069W[15].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's has edition or translation is recorded as Q125881564[16].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's has edition or translation is recorded as The Monsters and the Critics[17].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's main subject is recorded as Anglo-Saxon paganism[18].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 514859[19].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 873006[20].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Monsters and the Critics'}[21].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's OCLC work ID is recorded as 43353322[22].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's FantLab work ID is recorded as 1703[23].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 2964050[24].
  • The Monsters and the Critics's Tolkien Gateway ID is recorded as The_Monsters_and_the_Critics,_and_Other_Essays[25].

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Designation and Status

The Monsters and the Critics's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Monsters and the Critics ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Christopher Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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