J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying myth : understanding Middle-earth / by Bradley J. Birzer ; with a foreword by Joseph Pearce.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Book, 2003.Edition: [1st ed., pbk. ed.]Description: xxvi, 219 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 1932236201
  • 9781932236200
  • 1882926846 (t. p. verso)
  • 9781882926848 (t. p. verso)
Other title:
  • Sanctifying myth
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR 6039 .O32  L63245 2003
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-203) and index.

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.

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.

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