The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
140
Utgivningsdatum
2021-05-30
Förlag
McFarland & Co Inc
Medarbetare
Palumbo, Donald E. / Sullivan III, C.W.
Illustrationer
Halftones, black and white
Dimensioner
226 x 150 x 10 mm
Vikt
272 g
Antal komponenter
1
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402:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9781476672885

The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien

A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium

av Jyrki Korpua
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-05-30
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J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all timehis 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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Jyrki Korpua is a teacher and researcher at the University of Turku and the University of Oulu, Finland. He has edited 20+ special issues of journals and published more than 20 articles on literature, video games, graphic novels, and film studies.

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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 1.Construction of Mythology 13 On Constructive Mythopoeics 17 A Fictional Mythology Dedicated to England 20 Speculative Historical Epic 22 Myth and Genre 36 2.Creation and Existence 57 The Song of Ainur: Christian Platonic Creation Myth in The Silmarillion 57 Cosmology and the Chain of Being 78 Tolkien's Christian Platonic Mythopoeics 90 Concerning Sidney and Coleridge 94 The Philosophy of Afterlife 101 The Inklings and the Power of Words 109 3. Fall and Struggle 117 Long Defeat 117 Mythopoeic Allegories 122 Mythic and Biblical Heroes 135 The Fall: Nmenor as an Atlantis Myth 149 The Struggle: The One Ring and the Ring Motif 154 Conclusion 164 Notes 167 Works Consulted 175 Index 185

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