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Interdisciplinary in approach, this book provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's medievalism. Fifteen essays explore how professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal.

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‘The..essays…[are] remarkable for their originality and thoroughness and are important contributions to the study of Tolkien’s rhetorical artistry… [the] result is a handsomely and carefully edited book that is worth reading and—in my case—re-reading.’ – Thomas Honegger, Friedrich-Schiller-University



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Part I: J. R. R. Tolkien as a Medieval Scholar: Modern Contexts
Part II: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Medieval Literary and Mythological Texts/Contexts
Part III: J. R. R. Tolkien: The Texts/Contexts of Medieval Patristics, Theology, and Iconography
Part IV: J. R. R. Tolkien's Silmarillion Mythodology: Medievalized Retextualization and Theory

Tolkien the Medievalist Routledge Studies in

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415473484, 978-0415473484
      ISBN10: 0415473489
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Interdisciplinary in approach, this book provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's medievalism. Fifteen essays explore how professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal.

      Trade Review

      ‘The..essays…[are] remarkable for their originality and thoroughness and are important contributions to the study of Tolkien’s rhetorical artistry… [the] result is a handsomely and carefully edited book that is worth reading and—in my case—re-reading.’ – Thomas Honegger, Friedrich-Schiller-University



      Table of Contents

      Part I: J. R. R. Tolkien as a Medieval Scholar: Modern Contexts
      Part II: J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and Medieval Literary and Mythological Texts/Contexts
      Part III: J. R. R. Tolkien: The Texts/Contexts of Medieval Patristics, Theology, and Iconography
      Part IV: J. R. R. Tolkien's Silmarillion Mythodology: Medievalized Retextualization and Theory

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