Defending middle-earth : Tolkien: myth and modernity

書誌事項

Defending middle-earth : Tolkien: myth and modernity

Patrick Curry

HarperCollins, 1998

  • : pbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 1

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Originally published: 1997

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Although highly popular "The Lord of the Rings" has also been widely labelled as reactionary and escapist by hostile critics. This text shows just how mistaken they are. He reveals Tolkien's profound and subtle advocacy of community, ecology and spiritual values against the destructive forces of runaway modernity. Tolkien's remedy, and the project implicit in his literary mythology, is a re-enchantment of the world. In helping us to realize that living nature, including humanity, is sacred, his writings draw on ancient magical mythology, but at the same time resonate closely with the ideas of contemprary radical ecology. Quoting extensively from Tolkien's works, the author argues that Tolkien addresses hard global realities and widely justified fears.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ