TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birzer,Bradley J.
TI  - J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying myth: understanding Middle-earth 
SN  - 1932236201
AV  - PR 6039 .O32  L63245 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Wilmington, Del.
PB  - ISI Book
KW  - Tolkien, J. R. R.
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Christian fiction, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Fantasy fiction, English
KW  - Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
KW  - Good and evil in literature
KW  - Myth in literature
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -