{"product_id":"the-mythopoeic-code-of-tolkien-9781476672885","title":"The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his world building and epic mythology have changed Western audiences'' imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien''s fiction. This analysis, written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike, discusses how his fiction is constructed on levels of language, myth and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato''s texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the concepts of ideal and real, creation and existence, and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien''s fiction, focusing on \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe History of Middle-earth\u003c\/i\u003e. Reading Tolkien''s fiction as a depiction of ideal and real, from the vision of creation to the process of realization, illuminates a part of Tolkien''s aesthetics and mythology that previous studi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tvii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t1\u003cbr\u003e1. Construction of Mythology\t13\u003cbr\u003eOn Constructive Mythopoeics\t17\u003cbr\u003eA Fictional Mythology Dedicated to England\t20\u003cbr\u003eSpeculative Historical Epic\t22\u003cbr\u003eMyth and Genre\t36\u003cbr\u003e2. Creation and Existence\t57\u003cbr\u003eThe Song of Ainur: Christian Platonic Creation Myth in The Silmarillion\t57\u003cbr\u003eCosmology and the Chain of Being\t78\u003cbr\u003eTolkien's Christian Platonic Mythopoeics\t90\u003cbr\u003eConcerning Sidney and Coleridge\t94\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Afterlife\t101\u003cbr\u003eThe Inklings and the Power of Words\t109\u003cbr\u003e3. Fall and Struggle\t117\u003cbr\u003eLong Defeat\t117\u003cbr\u003eMythopoeic Allegories\t122\u003cbr\u003eMythic and Biblical Heroes\t135\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall: Númenor as an Atlantis Myth\t149\u003cbr\u003eThe Struggle: The One Ring and the Ring Motif\t154\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\t164\u003cbr\u003eNotes\t167\u003cbr\u003eWorks Consulted\t175\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t185\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040436781399,"sku":"9781476672885","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476672885.jpg?v=1750946742","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mythopoeic-code-of-tolkien-9781476672885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}