J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying myth : understanding Middle-earth /
Birzer, Bradley J., 1967-
J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying myth : understanding Middle-earth / Sanctifying myth by Bradley J. Birzer ; with a foreword by Joseph Pearce. - [1st ed., pbk. ed.]. - Wilmington, Del. : ISI Book, 2003. - xxvi, 219 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-203) and index.
The Life and Work of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Myth and Sub-creation -- The Created Order -- Heroism -- The Nature of Evil -- Middle-earth and Modernity -- Conclusion: The Nature of Grace Proclaimed.
Explication of the religious symbolism and significance of Tolkien's Middle-earth stories and situation of Tolkien within the Christian humanist tradition represented by Thomas More and T.S. Eliot, Dante and C.S. Lewis.
1932236201 9781932236200 1882926846 (t. p. verso) 9781882926848 (t. p. verso)
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Religion.
Christianity and literature--History--England--20th century.
Christian fiction, English--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Good and evil in literature.
Myth in literature.
PR 6039 .O32 / L63245 2003
J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying myth : understanding Middle-earth / Sanctifying myth by Bradley J. Birzer ; with a foreword by Joseph Pearce. - [1st ed., pbk. ed.]. - Wilmington, Del. : ISI Book, 2003. - xxvi, 219 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-203) and index.
The Life and Work of J.R.R. Tolkien -- Myth and Sub-creation -- The Created Order -- Heroism -- The Nature of Evil -- Middle-earth and Modernity -- Conclusion: The Nature of Grace Proclaimed.
Explication of the religious symbolism and significance of Tolkien's Middle-earth stories and situation of Tolkien within the Christian humanist tradition represented by Thomas More and T.S. Eliot, Dante and C.S. Lewis.
1932236201 9781932236200 1882926846 (t. p. verso) 9781882926848 (t. p. verso)
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 --Religion.
Christianity and literature--History--England--20th century.
Christian fiction, English--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Good and evil in literature.
Myth in literature.
PR 6039 .O32 / L63245 2003