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'''Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages''' is a collection of essays edited by [[Jane Chance]] and [[Alfred K. Siewers]]. | |||
==From the Publisher== | ==From the Publisher== | ||
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with postmodern implications and huge commercial success. These essays examine that paradox and its significance in understanding the intersection between traditionalist and counter-culture criticisms of the modern. The approach helps to explain the popularity of his works, the way in which they continue to be brought into dialogue with twenty-first century issues, and their contested literary significance in the academy. | [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with postmodern implications and huge commercial success. These essays examine that paradox and its significance in understanding the intersection between traditionalist and counter-culture criticisms of the modern. The approach helps to explain the popularity of his works, the way in which they continue to be brought into dialogue with twenty-first century issues, and their contested literary significance in the academy. | ||
==Contents== | |||
* Preface and Acknowledgments | |||
* Abbreviations | |||
* [[Jane Chance]] and [[Alfred K. Siewers]]: "Introduction: Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages?" | |||
* [[Verlyn Flieger]]: "A Postmodern Medievalist" | |||
* [[Gergely Nagy]]: "The Medievalist's Fiction" | |||
* [[John R. Holmes]]: "Tolkien, Dustsceawung, and the Gnomic Tense" | |||
* [[John Hunter]]: "The Reanimation of Antiquity and the Resistance to History: Macpherson-Scott-Tolkien" | |||
* [[Andrew Lynch]]: "Archaism, Nostalgia, and Tennysonian War in The Lord of the Rings" | |||
* [[Chester N. Scoville]]: "Pastoralia and Perfectibility in Tolkien and William Morris" | |||
* [[Deidre Dawson]]: "English, Welsh, and Elvish" | |||
* [[Rebekah Long]]: "Fantastic Medievalism and the Great War in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and David Jones's In Parenthesis" | |||
* [[Alfred K. Siewers]]: "Tolkien's Cosmic-Christian Ecology" | |||
* [[Brian McFadden]]: "Fear of Difference, Fear of Death" | |||
* [[Jane Chance]]: "Tolkien and the Other" | |||
* [[Ted Nasmith]]: "Similar but not Similar" | |||
* [[Michael N. Stanton]]: "Tolkien in New Zealand: Man, Myth, and Movie" | |||
* Bibliography | |||
* Contributors | |||
* Index | |||
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Revision as of 10:57, 19 February 2009
Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages | |
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Author | Jane Chance, Alfred K. Siewers (eds.) |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Released | October 27, 2005 |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 264 |
ISBN | 1403969736 |
Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages is a collection of essays edited by Jane Chance and Alfred K. Siewers.
From the Publisher
J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with postmodern implications and huge commercial success. These essays examine that paradox and its significance in understanding the intersection between traditionalist and counter-culture criticisms of the modern. The approach helps to explain the popularity of his works, the way in which they continue to be brought into dialogue with twenty-first century issues, and their contested literary significance in the academy.
Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Jane Chance and Alfred K. Siewers: "Introduction: Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages?"
- Verlyn Flieger: "A Postmodern Medievalist"
- Gergely Nagy: "The Medievalist's Fiction"
- John R. Holmes: "Tolkien, Dustsceawung, and the Gnomic Tense"
- John Hunter: "The Reanimation of Antiquity and the Resistance to History: Macpherson-Scott-Tolkien"
- Andrew Lynch: "Archaism, Nostalgia, and Tennysonian War in The Lord of the Rings"
- Chester N. Scoville: "Pastoralia and Perfectibility in Tolkien and William Morris"
- Deidre Dawson: "English, Welsh, and Elvish"
- Rebekah Long: "Fantastic Medievalism and the Great War in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and David Jones's In Parenthesis"
- Alfred K. Siewers: "Tolkien's Cosmic-Christian Ecology"
- Brian McFadden: "Fear of Difference, Fear of Death"
- Jane Chance: "Tolkien and the Other"
- Ted Nasmith: "Similar but not Similar"
- Michael N. Stanton: "Tolkien in New Zealand: Man, Myth, and Movie"
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index