J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth - Understanding Middle Earth (Reissue ed.)

With a new introduction by the author Peter Jackson's film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy - and the accompanying Rings-related paraphernalia and publicity - has played a unique role in the disemmination of Tolkien's imaginative creation to the masses. Yet, for most readers and viewers, the underlying meaning of Middle-earth has remained obscure. Bradley Birzer has remedied that with this fresh study. In J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth, Birzer reveals the surprisingly specific religious symbolism that permeates Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He also explores the social and political views that motivated the Oxford don, ultimately situating Tolkien within the Christian humanist tradition represented by Thomas More and T.S. Eliot, Dante and C.S. Lewis. Birzer argues that through the genre of myth Tolkien created a world that is essentially truer than the one we think we see around us everyday, a world that transcends the colorless disenchantment of our postmodern age.

General

Imprint:	Regnery Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2023
Authors:	Bradley J Birzer
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Pages:	256
Edition:	Reissue ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-68451-535-6
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-68451-535-1
Barcode:	9781684515356

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