Tolkien the Medievalist
1st Edition
Published on 27. August 2003
312 pages
978-1-134-43971-3 (ISBN)
Description
Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced by his profession, religious faith and important issues of the time; by his relationships with other medievalists; by the medieval sources that he read and taught, and by his own medieval mythologizing.
Reviews / Votes
'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-UniversityMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white
File size
2,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-43971-3 (9781134439713)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Jane Chance
Tolkien the Medievalist
Book
05/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
€83.70
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Person
Jane Chance, Professor of English, teaches medieval literature and J. R. R. Tolkien, at Rice University. Among her seventeen books are Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England and The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power and two guest-edited issues of Studies in Medievalism. She also edits two series, the Library of Medieval Women and the Greenwood Guide to Historic Events in the Medieval World.
Content
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
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
