The ring and the cross : Christianity and the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien /

From the publisher. The conversation, sometimes heated, about the influence of Christianity on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien has a long history. What has been lacking is a forum for a civilized discussion about the topic, as well as a chronological overview of the major arguments and themes that ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kerry, Paul E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison [N.J.] : Lanham, Md. : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman & Littlefield, ©2011.
Temas:
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Religion.
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel > Christentum.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel > Lord of the rings.
Tolkien, John R.
1900-1999
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism.
Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Christianity in literature.
Christianisme et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Christianisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christianity and literature
Christianity in literature
Fantasy fiction, English
Religion
Phantastische Literatur.
Motiv.
Christentum.
Kristendom och litteratur > Storbritannien > historia > 1900-talet.
Kristendom i litteraturen.
Engelsk fantastisk litteratur > historia.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a historiography of Christian approaches to Tolkien's The lord of the rings / Paul E. Kerry
  • The pagan Tolkien / Ronald Hutton
  • The Christian Tolkien : a response to Ronald Hutton / Nils Ivar Agøy
  • Can we still have a pagan Tolkien? : a reply to Nils Ivar Agøy / Ronald Hutton
  • The Entwives : investigating the spiritual core of The lord of the rings / Stephen Morillo
  • "Like heathen kings" : a religion as palimpsest in Tolkien's fiction / John R. Holmes
  • Confronting the world's weirdness : J.R.R. Tolkien's The children of Hùrin / Ralph C. Wood
  • Eru erased : the minimalist cosmology of The lord of the rings / Catherine Madsen
  • The ring and the cross : how J.R.R. Tolkien became a Christian writer / Chris Mooney
  • Redeeming sub-creation / Carson L. Holloway
  • Catholic scholar, Catholic sub-creator / Jason Boffetti
  • "An age comes on" : J.R.R. Tolkien and the English Catholic sense of history / Michael Tomko
  • The lord of the rings and the Catholic understanding of community / Joseph Pearce
  • Tracking Catholic influence in The lord of the rings / Paul E. Kerry
  • Saintly and distant mothers / Marjorie Burns
  • The "last battle" as a Johannine Ragnarök : Tolkien and the universal / Bradley J. Birzer.

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