Tolkien and Modernity 1

Tolkien and Modernity 1
Editor	Frank Weinreich, Thomas M. Honegger
Publisher	Walking Tree Publishers
Released	October 2006
Format	paperback
Pages	260
ISBN	3905703023
Series	Cormarë Series
Preceded by	Reconsidering Tolkien
Followed by	Tolkien and Modernity 2

Tolkien and Modernity 1 is the ninth book of Walking Tree's Cormarë Series. It is a collection of several essays.

Contents

• Frank Weinreich and Thomas M. Honegger: "Introduction"
• Anna Vaninskaya: "Tolkien: A Man of his Time?"
• Maria Raffaella Benvenuto: "Against Stereotype: Éowyn and Lúthien as 20th-Century Women"
• Laura Michel: "Politically Incorrect: Tolkien, Women, and Feminism"
• Bertrand Alliot: "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Simplicity Between the 'Truly Earthy' and the 'Absolutely Modern'"
• Jessica Burke and Anthony Burdge: "The Maker's Will ... Fulfilled?"
• Frank Weinreich: "Brief Considerations on Determinism in Reality and Fiction"
• Jason Fisher: "'Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes': The Perennial Modernity of Free Will"
• Thomas Fornet-Ponse: "Freedom and Providence as Anti-Modern Elements?"
• Alexander van de Bergh: "Democracy in Middle-earth: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings from a Socio-Political Perspective"

External links

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