Tolkien the Medievalist

Herausgeber: Chance, Jane

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780415289443
• ISBN-10: 0415289440
• Artikelnr.: 22114184

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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