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ISBN: 1137398965 1137398957 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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This book examines key points of J. R. R. Tolkien’s life and writing career in relation to his views on humanism and feminism, particularly his sympathy for and toleration of those who are different, deemed unimportant, or marginalized—namely, the Other. Jane Chance argues such empathy derived from a variety of causes ranging from the loss of his parents during his early life to a consciousness of the injustice and violence in both World Wars. As a result of his obligation to research and publish in his field and propelled by his sense of abjection and diminution of self, Tolkien concealed aspects of the personal in relatively consistent ways in his medieval adaptations, lectures, essays, and translations, many only recently published. These scholarly writings blend with and relate to his fictional writings in various ways depending on the moment at which he began teaching, translating, or editing a specific medieval work and, simultaneously, composing a specific poem, fantasy, or fairy-story. What Tolkien read and studied from the time before and during his college days at Exeter and continued researching until he died opens a door into understanding how he uniquely interpreted and repurposed the medieval in constructing fantasy.
Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature. --- Tolkien, J. R. R. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Self-consciousness in literature --- Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel, --- Tolkin, Dzh. R. R. --- Толкин, Дж. Р. Р. --- Tolkin, Dzhon Ronalʹd Ruėl, --- Ṭolḳin, Dzshey. R. R., --- טולקין, ג׳.ר.ר --- טאלקין, דשיי. ר. ר., --- 瀬田貞二, --- 톨킨, J. R. R, --- Tʻolkʻin, Jon Ṛonald Ṛuel, --- Literature-Philosophy. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- British literature. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Fiction. --- Literature-History and criticism. --- Literary Theory. --- Cultural Theory. --- British and Irish Literature. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Literary History. --- Fiction --- Metafiction --- Novellas (Short novels) --- Novels --- Stories --- Literature --- Novelists --- Philosophy --- Literature—Philosophy. --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- Literature—History and criticism. --- Tolkin, Dzhon Ronal�d Ru�el, --- �Tol�kin, Dzshey. R. R., --- T�olk�in, Jon �Ronald �Ruel,
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ISBN: 1137553456 1137553448 9781137553447 9781137553454 Year: 2016 Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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In this book, Lisa Coutras explores the structure and complexity of J.R.R. Tolkien’s narrative theology, synthesizing his Christian worldview with his creative imagination. She illustrates how, within the framework of a theological aesthetics, transcendental beauty is the unifying principle that integrates all aspects of Tolkien’s writing, from pagan despair to Christian joy. J.R.R. Tolkien’s Christianity is often held in an unsteady tension with the pagan despair of his mythic world. Some critics portray these as incompatible, while Christian analysis tends to oversimplify the presence of religious symbolism. This polarity of opinion testifies to the need for a unifying interpretive lens. The fact that Tolkien saw his own writing as “religious” and “Catholic,” yet was preoccupied with pagan mythology, nature, language, and evil, suggests that these areas were wholly integrated with his Christian worldview. Tolkien’s Theology of Beauty examines six structural elements, demonstrating that the author’s Christianity is deeply embedded in the narrative framework of his creative imagination. .
Christianity and literature --- History --- Tolkien, J. R. R. --- Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel, --- Tolkin, Dzh. R. R. --- Толкин, Дж. Р. Р. --- Tolkin, Dzhon Ronalʹd Ruėl, --- Ṭolḳin, Dzshey. R. R., --- טולקין, ג׳.ר.ר --- טאלקין, דשיי. ר. ר., --- 瀬田貞二, --- 톨킨, J. R. R, --- Tʻolkʻin, Jon Ṛonald Ṛuel, --- Religion. --- 820 "19" TOLKIEN, J. R. R. --- 2 TOLKIEN, J.R.R. --- 820 "19" TOLKIEN, J. R. R. Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--TOLKIEN, J. R. R. --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--TOLKIEN, J. R. R. --- Godsdienst. Theologie--TOLKIEN, J.R.R. --- Theology. --- Literature, Modern-20th century. --- Christian Theology. --- Twentieth-Century Literature. --- Christian theology --- Theology --- Theology, Christian --- Christianity --- Religion --- Literature, Modern—20th century. --- 820 "19" TOLKIEN, J. R. R --- 2 TOLKIEN, J.R.R --- Engelse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999--TOLKIEN, J. R. R --- Godsdienst. Theologie--TOLKIEN, J.R.R --- Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J. R. R.) --- 1900-1999 --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Tolkin, Dzhon Ronal�d Ru�el, --- �Tol�kin, Dzshey. R. R., --- T�olk�in, Jon �Ronald �Ruel,
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