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Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity

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Availability:In StockContributor:Patrick CurryPublish date:2004-10-21Pages:198
Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780618478859ISBN-10:061847885XUPC:9780618478859Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & Fantasy, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ReferenceSize:8.20 x 5.48 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SC7CHXDZJT

What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading The Lord of the Rings? Newly reissued with a new afterword, Patrick Curry's Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that Tolkien has found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. His focus is on three main aspects of Tolkien's fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth, for which Curry provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination that will deepen the understanding of the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Houghton MifflinISBN-13:9780618478859ISBN-10:061847885XUPC:9780618478859Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & Fantasy, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ReferenceSize:8.20 x 5.48 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.4608Product ID:SC7CHXDZJT
Curry, Patrick: - Patrick Curry, a Canadian-born writer and scholar, is a Tolkien expert featured on the extended DVDs of the films of The Lord of the Rings. He holds a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science and is the author of Introducing Machiavelli as well as several books and essays of social history.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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