Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (eBook)

Peter Roe Series XVII

Daniel Helen (Herausgeber)

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2017
218 Seiten
Luna Press Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-911143-34-5 (ISBN)

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Death and Immortality in Middle-earth: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2016J.R.R. Tolkien deplored allegory and rejected any suggestion that The Lord of the Rings has an inner meaning or message. In reading back the tale, however, he became aware of a dominant motif: ‘The real theme for me is […] Death and Immortality: the mystery of the love of the world in the hearts of a race “doomed” to leave and seemingly lose it; the anguish in the hearts of a race “doomed” not to leave it, until its whole evil-aroused story is complete’ (Letters, p. 246). Despite the lucidity of this statement, the theme of death and immortality has been left relatively unexplored in Tolkien studies. In recognition of this, and to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, The Tolkien Society called for presentations on this important topic for its seminar in Leeds on 2 July 2016. Published under the auspices of the Society’s Peter Roe Memorial Fund, this book features a collection of twelve papers delivered on the day by aspiring and established Tolkien scholars alike.

Inhalt

About the Peter Roe Memorial FundConventions and AbbreviationsIntroduction - Daniel HelenTolkien and the Somme - Matthew B. RoseTolkien and T.S. Eliot: the waste land and a fallen king - Tânia AzevedoTolkien and disability: the narrative function of disabled characters in Middle-earth - Irina MetzlerFacing death: how characters in The Lord of the Rings meet the prospect of their own demiseand the loss of others - Giovanni Carmine CostabileThe elven perspective of life, death and immortality, and its influence on humanity - Aslı Bülbül CandaşMortal immortals: the fallibility of elven immortality in Tolkien’s writing - Anna Milon‘Gifts in harmony?’: a philological exploration of Tolkien’s invented words for ‘life’ and ‘death’ - Andrew HigginsMusic of life: the creation of Middle-earth - Sarah RoseTransmission: an escape from death in Tolkien’s work? - Gaëlle AbaléaRecurrent pattern of the Fall in Tolkien’s legendarium - Massimiliano IzzoFrodo and Saruman: euformation, dysformation, and immortality in The Lord of the Rings - Adam B. Shaeffer‘Tears are the very wine of blessedness’: joyful sorrow in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings - Dimitra FimiAbout the ContributorsIndex  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Peter Roe
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Death and Immortality in Middle-earth • JRR Tolkien • Middle-Earth • Peter Roe 2016 • Tolkien Society Seminar Proceedings
• ISBN-10: 1-911143-34-4 / 1911143344
• ISBN-13: 978-1-911143-34-5 / 9781911143345