Defending Middle-Earth - Tolkien, Myth and Modernity (Paperback, 1st Houghton Mifflin Books ed)

What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading The Lord of the Rings? Newly reissued with a new afterword, Patrick Curry's Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that Tolkien has found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. His focus is on three main aspects of Tolkien's fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth, for which Curry provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination that will deepen the understanding of the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart.

General

Imprint:	Houghton Mifflin
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Patrick Curry
Dimensions:	208 x 139 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	198
Edition:	1st Houghton Mifflin Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-618-47885-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-618-47885-X
Barcode:	9780618478859

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