J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hamish WilliamsSeries:Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century WritingPublish date:2024-10-31Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350241466ISBN-10:1350241466UPC:9781350241466Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCX6GA64YH
J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics
This book opens up new perspectives on the English fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien, arguing that he was an influential thinker of utopianism in 20th-century fiction and that his scrutiny of utopias can be assessed through his dialogue with antiquity. Tolkien's engagement with the ancient world often reflects an interest in retrotopianism: his fictional places - cities, forests, homes - draw on a...
Series: Classical Receptions in Twentieth-Century Writing
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350241466ISBN-10:1350241466UPC:9781350241466Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient and Classical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, ModernBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCX6GA64YH
Hamish Williams is Lecturer in European Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has co-edited Tolkien and the Classical World (2021) and The Ancient Sea: The Utopian and Catastrophic in Classical Narratives and their Reception (2022).
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