Tolkien the Medievalist
Nonfiction, History, Medieval, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781134439706 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 27, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781134439706 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 27, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced by his profession, religious faith and important issues of the time; by his relationships with other medievalists; by the medieval sources that he read and taught, and by his own medieval mythologizing.
Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced by his profession, religious faith and important issues of the time; by his relationships with other medievalists; by the medieval sources that he read and taught, and by his own medieval mythologizing.
