Arda Inhabited : Environmental Relationships in The Lord of the Rings /

With the box office successes of movies based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, familiarity with J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth is growing. unfortunately, scholarship dealing with Middle-Earth itself is comparatively rare in Tolkien studies, and students and scholars seeking greater insig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffers, Susan, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973. > Lord of the rings.
Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J.R.R.)
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Human ecology in literature.
Ecocriticism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Écocritique dans la litterature.
Terre du Milieu (Lieu imaginaire)
Écologie humaine dans la litterature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the professor and the ecocritics
  • Chapter 1. Community, or "power with"
  • Chapter 2. Dialectic, or "power from"
  • Chapter 3. Oppression, or "power over"
  • Chapter 4. Dis-, re-, un-empowered: journeying and environment
  • Conclusion: morality and environment.

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