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Light Beyond All Shadow

- Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work
Af: Sandra Miesel, Paul E. Kerry Engelsk Paperback

Light Beyond All Shadow

- Religious Experience in Tolkien's Work
Af: Sandra Miesel, Paul E. Kerry Engelsk Paperback
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What forms can religious experience take in a world without cult or creed? Organized religion is notably absent from J. R. R. Tolkien''s Secondary Universe of elves, dwarves, men and hobbits despite the author''s own deep Catholic faith. Tolkien stated that his goal was ''sub-creating'' a universe whose natural form of religion would not directly contradict Catholic theology. Essays in Light Beyond All Shadows examine the full sweep of Tolkien''s legendarium, not only The Lord of the Rings but also The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-Earth series plus Peter Jackson''s film trilogy. Contributions to Light Beyond All Shadows probe both the mind of the maker and the world he made to uncover some of his fictional strategies, such as communicating through imagery. They suggest that Tolkien''s Catholic imagination was shaped by the visual appeal of his church''s worship and iconography. They seek other influences in St. Ignatius Loyola''s meditation technique and St. Philip Neri''s ''Mediterranean'' style of Catholicism. They propose that Tolkien communicates his story through Biblical typology familiar in the Middle Ages as well as mythic imagery with both Christian and pagan resonances. They defend his ''comedy of grace'' from charges of occultism and Manichaean dualism. They analyze Tolkien''s Christian friends the Inklings as a supportive literary community. They show that within Tolkien''s world, Nature is the Creator''s first book of revelation. Like its earlier companion volume, The Ring and the Cross, edited by Paul E. Kerry, scholarship gathered in Light Beyond All Shadows aids appreciation of what is real, meaningful, and truthful in Tolkien''s work.
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What forms can religious experience take in a world without cult or creed? Organized religion is notably absent from J. R. R. Tolkien''s Secondary Universe of elves, dwarves, men and hobbits despite the author''s own deep Catholic faith. Tolkien stated that his goal was ''sub-creating'' a universe whose natural form of religion would not directly contradict Catholic theology. Essays in Light Beyond All Shadows examine the full sweep of Tolkien''s legendarium, not only The Lord of the Rings but also The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-Earth series plus Peter Jackson''s film trilogy. Contributions to Light Beyond All Shadows probe both the mind of the maker and the world he made to uncover some of his fictional strategies, such as communicating through imagery. They suggest that Tolkien''s Catholic imagination was shaped by the visual appeal of his church''s worship and iconography. They seek other influences in St. Ignatius Loyola''s meditation technique and St. Philip Neri''s ''Mediterranean'' style of Catholicism. They propose that Tolkien communicates his story through Biblical typology familiar in the Middle Ages as well as mythic imagery with both Christian and pagan resonances. They defend his ''comedy of grace'' from charges of occultism and Manichaean dualism. They analyze Tolkien''s Christian friends the Inklings as a supportive literary community. They show that within Tolkien''s world, Nature is the Creator''s first book of revelation. Like its earlier companion volume, The Ring and the Cross, edited by Paul E. Kerry, scholarship gathered in Light Beyond All Shadows aids appreciation of what is real, meaningful, and truthful in Tolkien''s work.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 234
ISBN-13: 9781611476224
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1611476224
Udg. Dato: 15 jun 2013
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 144mm
Højde: 228mm
Forlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 jun 2013
Forfatter(e): Sandra Miesel, Paul E. Kerry
Forfatter(e) Sandra Miesel, Paul E. Kerry


Kategori Litteraturstudier: fra 1900 til 2000


ISBN-13 9781611476224


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 234


Udgave


Længde 20mm


Bredde 144mm


Højde 228mm


Udg. Dato 15 jun 2013


Oplagsdato 15 jun 2013


Forlag Fairleigh Dickinson University Press