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J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of
all time-his world building and epic mythology have changed Western
audiences' imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is
the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien's
fiction. This analysis, written for scholars and general Tolkien
enthusiasts alike, discusses how his fiction is constructed on
levels of language, myth and textuality that have a background in
the Greek philosopher Plato's texts and early Christian philosophy
influenced by Plato. It discusses the concepts of ideal and real,
creation and existence, and fall and struggle as central elements
of Tolkien's fiction, focusing on The Hobbit, The Lord of the
Rings, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. Reading
Tolkien's fiction as a depiction of ideal and real, from the vision
of creation to the process of realization, illuminates a part of
Tolkien's aesthetics and mythology that previous studies have
overlooked.
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