Tolkien the Medievalist (Routledge Studies in Medieval Religion and Culture) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415289440 ISBN 13: 9780415289443

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

Interdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced by his profession, religious faith and important issues of the time; by his relationships with other medievalists; by the medieval sources that he read and taught, and by his own medieval mythologizing.

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Review:

‘The..essays...[are] remarkable for their originality and thoroughness and are important contributions to the study of Tolkien’s rhetorical artistry... [the] result is a handsomely and carefully edited book that is worth reading and―in my case―re-reading.’ – Thomas Honegger,  Friedrich-Schiller-University

About the Author:

Jane Chance, Professor of English, teaches medieval literature and J. R. R. Tolkien, at Rice University. Among her seventeen books are Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England and The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power and two guest-edited issues of Studies in Medievalism. She also edits two series, the Library of Medieval Women and the Greenwood Guide to Historic Events in the Medieval World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415289440
• ISBN 13: 9780415289443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Chance Jane