The Resource Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity, Patrick Curry
Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity, Patrick Curry
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- Summary
- "The work of J.R.R. Tolkien has sold nearly 100 million copies worldwide, and continues to enthral new generations of readers. Yet it has also been widely labelled as reactionary and escapist by hostile critics." "Patrick Curry's book shows just how mistaken they are. He reveals Tolkien's profound and subtle advocacy of community, ecology, and spiritual values against the destructive forces of runaway modernity. Tolkien's remedy, and the project implicit in his literary mythology, is a re-enchantment of the world. In helping us to realize that living nature, including humanity, is sacred, his writings draw on ancient magical mythology, but at the same time resonate closely with the ideas of contemporary radical ecology."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 206 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : radical nostalgia
- The Shire : culture, society and politics
- Middle-earth : nature and ecology
- The sea : spirituality and ethics
- Fantasy, literature and the mythopoeic imagination
- Conclusion : hope without guarantees
- Isbn
- 9780312176716
- Label
- Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity
- Title
- Defending Middle-earth
- Title remainder
- Tolkien, myth and modernity
- Statement of responsibility
- Patrick Curry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The work of J.R.R. Tolkien has sold nearly 100 million copies worldwide, and continues to enthral new generations of readers. Yet it has also been widely labelled as reactionary and escapist by hostile critics." "Patrick Curry's book shows just how mistaken they are. He reveals Tolkien's profound and subtle advocacy of community, ecology, and spiritual values against the destructive forces of runaway modernity. Tolkien's remedy, and the project implicit in his literary mythology, is a re-enchantment of the world. In helping us to realize that living nature, including humanity, is sacred, his writings draw on ancient magical mythology, but at the same time resonate closely with the ideas of contemporary radical ecology."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Curry, Patrick
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6039.O32
- LC item number
- Z626 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civilization, Modern, in literature
- Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
- Myth in literature
- Fantasy fiction, English
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Label
- Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity, Patrick Curry
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : radical nostalgia -- The Shire : culture, society and politics -- Middle-earth : nature and ecology -- The sea : spirituality and ethics -- Fantasy, literature and the mythopoeic imagination -- Conclusion : hope without guarantees
- Control code
- 36877452
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312176716
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 97019564
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity, Patrick Curry
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : radical nostalgia -- The Shire : culture, society and politics -- Middle-earth : nature and ecology -- The sea : spirituality and ethics -- Fantasy, literature and the mythopoeic imagination -- Conclusion : hope without guarantees
- Control code
- 36877452
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9780312176716
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 97019564
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
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