Tolkien's Medievalism in ruins : the function of relics and ruins in Middle-Earth / edited by Nick Katsiadas and Carl Sell.
| Other author | Katsiadas, Nick, editor. |
| Other author | Sell, Carl, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury, [2025]. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Function of relics and ruins in middle-earth |
| Contents | Tolkien's medievalism in runs / Nick Katsiadas and Carl Sell -- Ruins in Tolkien's literary criticism -- "To look out upon the sea" : Tolkien's use of the allegory of the tower in "Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics" / Mark Doerksen -- Tolkien's tower by the sea / Angela Fulk -- Relics and ruins in Arda -- Ruins of past tongues : Tolkien's timeless philology / Kevin J. Waldron -- "What do your elf eyes see?" : Perceiving ruins in Middle-Earth / J.L. Burton -- Ruins as landscape runes / Nancy Ciccone -- Wealth, ruin, and weregild in Tolkien's dwarvish civilizations / Victoria Smurthwaite -- "Too greedily and too deep" : Decadence and the relics of empires in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings / Sandra M. Leonard -- Romantic nostalgia in Tolkien's relics and ruins : Longing for Aman, Gondolin, and Núrmenor in The Lost Road / Nick Katsiadas -- The blade of of the King : Tolkien, Arthur, and the remnants of kingship / Carl Sell -- Relics and ruins in Tolkien adaptations -- Towers of silver : Ruins and relics in the Middle-Earth video game series / Seth Lee -- "You wield Aiglos, icicle of Gil-galad" : Relics as signposts in The Lord of the Rings Online and The Two Towers MUD / J.E. Lowell -- Marching through Mordor : Ruins and landscape in Summoning's Minas Morgul / Dean Swinford. |
| Abstract | "The structural and symbolic purposes of ruins in literary texts have a long history, yet few scholars explore their importance within J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. From the ruins of Erebor and the relics of Gondolin appearing in The Hobbit to the various images of Amon Sûl, Moria, and Osgiliath in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien constructs a distinct mood--one that captures characters' awareness of the glories of the past and a desire to emulate them. The scholars who do engage Tolkien's relics and ruins tend to limit the scope to Tolkien's debt to the Middle Ages. While such scholarship begins important conversations, the full story of Tolkien's relics and ruins is left untold. Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins takes corrective action and expands this historical and critical literary scope. This collection seeks to promote a more comprehensive approach to Tolkien's legendarium"-- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 9781666971484 |
| ISBN | 1666971480 |
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