Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity

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Defending Middle-earth : Tolkien, myth and modernity

Title remainder

Tolkien, myth and modernity

Statement of responsibility

Patrick Curry

Creator

• Curry, Patrick, 1951-

Subject

• Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Myth in literature
• Civilization, Modern, in literature
• Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

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

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