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9780812695335

The World of the Rings: Language, Religion, and Adventure in Tolkien

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  • ISBN13:

    9780812695335

  • ISBN10:

    081269533X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Pgw
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Summary

An updated study of Tolkien's Lord of the Ring trilogy and The Hobbit explores the structure, conent, and character of the fantasy novels in a collection of essays that traces three influences on the works--the science of philology, Roman Catholic theology, and Edwardian adventure tales. Original.

Author Biography

Jared Lobdell teaches at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Foreword : England and always
Defining The lord of the rings : an adventure story in the Edwardian modep. 1
The philologist's world of The lord of the ringsp. 25
The timeless moment in The lord of the rings : Christian doctrine in a pre-Christian agep. 49
In the far northwest of the Old Worldp. 71
Tolkien's genius : mind, tongue, tale, and treesp. 95
Afterword : from third age to our agep. 115
A sudden coming, being a story of later timep. 123
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