Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium

The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium

Korpua, Jyrki
Palumbo, Donald E.
Sullivan, C. W., III

Paperback

Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Book 75

Literary CriticismMythology & Folklore

ISBN10: 1476672881
ISBN13: 9781476672885
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 24 2021
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his 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.

Also in

Literary Criticism

View All