Tolkien the Medievalist
- Authors
- Chance, Jane
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Tags
- medievalism - england - history - 20th century , england , medieval , middle earth (imaginary place) , humanities , medievalism in literature , 20th century , history and criticism , medievalism , literature; medieval - appreciation - england , general , appreciation , literary criticism , fantasy fiction; english - history and criticism , mythology in literature , literature; medieval , tolkien; j. r. r - knowledge and learning , fantasy fiction; english , middle ages in literature , history
- ISBN
- 9780415289443
- Date
- 2003-01-06T05:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.54 MB
- Lang
- en
Product DescriptionInterdisciplinary in approach, Tolkien the Medievalist provides a fresh perspective on J. R. R. Tolkien's Medievalism. In fifteen essays, eminent scholars and new voices explore how Professor Tolkien responded to a modern age of crisis - historical, academic and personal - by adapting his scholarship on medieval literature to his own personal voice. The four sections reveal the author influenced by his profession, religious faith and important issues of the time; by his relationships with other medievalists; by the medieval sources that he read and taught, and by his own medieval mythologizing.
About the AuthorJane Chance, Professor of English, teaches medieval literature and J. R. R. Tolkien, at Rice University. Among her seventeen books are Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England and The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power and two guest-edited issues of Studies in Medievalism. She also edits two series, the Library of Medieval Women and the Greenwood Guide to Historic Events in the Medieval World.