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Tolkien among the Moderns - Softcover

 
9780268019730: Tolkien among the Moderns
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0268019738 ISBN 13: 9780268019730
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

It has long been recognized that J. R. R. Tolkien's work is animated by a profound moral and religious vision. It is less clear that Tolkien's vision confronts the leading philosophical and literary concerns addressed by modern writers and thinkers. This book seeks to resolve such uncertainty. It places modern writers and modern quandaries in lively engagement with the broad range of Tolkien's work, while giving special attention to the textual particularities of his masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. In ways at once provocative and original, the contributors deal with major modern artists and philosophers, including Miguel de Cervantes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emmanuel Levinas, Iris Murdoch, and James Joyce. The essays in Tolkien among the Moderns also point forward to postmodernism by examining its implications for Tolkien's work. Looking backward, they show how Tolkien addresses two ancient questions: the problems of fate and freedom in a seemingly random universe, as well as Plato's objection that art can neither depict truth nor underwrite morality. The volume is premised on the firm conviction that Tolkien is not a writer who will be soon surpassed and forgotten-exactly because he has a permanent dwelling place "among the moderns."

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ralph C. Wood is University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God.

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Verlag
University of Notre Dame Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0268019738
ISBN 13 
9780268019730
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
310
Herausgeber
Wood Ralph C.
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University of Notre Dame Press
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