Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 432 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
A Study in the Influence of Neoplatonism in J.R.R. Tolkien's Philosophy of Life as 'Being and Gift'
Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 432 g
Reihe: Lutterworth Press
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9552-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
An exploration of how Tolkien's mythology reflects his intellectual background in the philosophical traditions of Roman Catholicism.
This book hopes to invite readers into Tolkien's world through the lens of a variety of philosophers, of all of whom owe a rich debt to the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition. It places Tolkien's mythology against a wider backdrop of catholic philosophy and asks serious questions as to the nature of creation alongside the nature of God, what it means to be good, and concerning the problem of evil. This book attempts to set Tolkien alongside both his contemporaries and ancient authors, and how he used similar literary devices in order to express his desire to create a "mythology for England".
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Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword by Alison Milbank xi
Author's Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
Chapter 1
Prolegomenon to the Sub-Creative Genius of Tolkien amongst His Contemporaries 3
Chapter 2
Creation and the Metaphysics of Music: Tolkien's Philosophy
Chapter 3
The Concept of Life as 'Being and Gift' in Tolkien's Literary Corpus 105
Chapter 4
Tolkien, Eriugena, and the Conjoining of Borrowed Traditions 167
Chapter 5
A Diversion towards Mutability and the Possibility of Evil 213
Chapter 6
Concluding Comments: There and Back Again 235
Appendix C: Three Crosses in the Churchyard of Whalley Abbey,
Lancashire 254
Appendix D: The Standard of the King of Gondor 258
Appendix E: Iconography in the Book of Kells 259
Bibliography 263
