The fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien : mythopoeia and the recovery of creation / Robert J. Dobie ; foreword by Bradley J. Birzer.
| Author/creator | Dobie, Robert J. author. |
| Other author | Birzer, Bradley J., 1967- writer of foreword. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2024] |
| Description | xvii, 257 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : of Niggle, mythopoeia, and the secret fire -- Creation, sub-creation, and recovery -- "The fall, mortality, and the machine" -- The recovery of language -- The recovery of nature -- The recovery of fellowship -- The recovery of virtue -- The recovery of eternity -- The recovery of hope. |
| Abstract | "At the heart of Tolkienian fantasy is "recovery," a "cleaning of the windows" of our perception that we may learn to see the world again in all its strange and bewildering beauty. This book is the first sustained attempt to show not only the centrality of recovery to Tolkien's fantasy but the way in which his fantasy affects that primal recovery in every reader. In doing so, this book not only reveals the marvelous philosophical and theological riches that underlie Tolkien's fantasy but shows how his mythopoetic fiction allows the recovery and enactment of these riches in our own lives. In these pages we learn how Tolkien's fantasy addresses fundamental problems such as the relation of language to reality, the nature of evil, the distinction between time and eternity and its relation to death and immortality, the paradox of necessity and free will in human action and the grounds for providential hope in a "happy ending.""-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Dobie, Robert J. Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2024] 9780813238166 |
| LCCN | 2024014502 |
| ISBN | 9780813238159 |
| ISBN | 0813238153 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |