Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth & Modernity by Curry, Patrick - 2004

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Houghton Mifflin, October 2004. Paper Back. New. Patrick Curry's extended defense of Tolkien's Middle-earth (via <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> and ,<i>The Hobbit,</i>) is sharp, witty, and - to quote fantasy author Ursula Le Guin - 'enjoyably ruthless' in its attack on the conventional criticism handed out by the intellectual elite. In an attempt to make sense of Tolkien's creation, Curry divides it into three domains, each nestled within the larger: the social (the Shire), the natural (Middle-earth), and the spiritual (the Sea). He devotes a chapter to each, but more importantly, explores the places and ways in which they overlap, because - to quote Curry - 'that is where their heart is to be found, and any meaning found in or derived from [Tolkien's] work must embody all three concerns.' Taken together, Curry believes these domains to be 'a remedy for pathological modernity.namely, the resacralization (or re-enchantment) of experienced and… Read More

Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 198 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.25 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. A timely critical analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterful trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, addresses the social and political structure of Middle-earth, its nature and ecology, and the spirituality and ethics of Tolkien's world.

Paperback / softback. New. A timely critical analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien's masterful trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, addresses the social and political structure of Middle-earth, its nature and ecology, and the spirituality and ethics of Tolkien's world.