The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in The Lord of the RingsWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 4. 11. 2004 - Počet stran: 373 J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings has long been acknowledged as the gold standard for fantasy fiction, and the recent Oscar-winning movie trilogy has brought forth a whole new generation of fans. Many Tolkien enthusiasts, however, are not aware of the profoundly religious dimension of the great Ring saga. In The Battle for Middle-earth Fleming Rutledge employs a distinctive technique to uncover the theological currents that lie just under the surface of Tolkien's epic tale. Rutledge believes that the best way to understand this powerful "deep narrative" is to examine the story as it unfolds, preserving some of its original dramatic tension. This deep narrative has not previously been sufficiently analyzed or celebrated. Writing as an enthusiastic but careful reader, Rutledge draws on Tolkien's extensive correspondence to show how biblical and liturgical motifs shape the action. At the heart of the plot lies a rare glimpse of what human freedom really means within the Divine Plan of God. The Battle for Middle-earth surely will, as Rutledge hopes, "give pleasure to those who may already have detected the presence of the sub-narrative, and insight to those who may have missed it on first reading." |
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Strana 3
... called a theological narrative . It is a narrative of sorts because it follows the order of Tolkien's plot , and it is theo - logical ( theos , God ) because it seeks specifically to identify the allu- sions to a transcendent agency ...
... called a theological narrative . It is a narrative of sorts because it follows the order of Tolkien's plot , and it is theo - logical ( theos , God ) because it seeks specifically to identify the allu- sions to a transcendent agency ...
Strana 6
... called " Celtic spirituality " currently experi- encing a renascence.11 When people wrote him letters asking about the lack of religion in Middle - earth , Tolkien responded generously with more of his reasoning . He said , for instance ...
... called " Celtic spirituality " currently experi- encing a renascence.11 When people wrote him letters asking about the lack of religion in Middle - earth , Tolkien responded generously with more of his reasoning . He said , for instance ...
Strana 10
... called " original sin , " and the following sentence is a superb description of it : A small knowledge of history depresses one with the sense of the ever- lasting mass and weight of human iniquity : old , old , dreary , endless ...
... called " original sin , " and the following sentence is a superb description of it : A small knowledge of history depresses one with the sense of the ever- lasting mass and weight of human iniquity : old , old , dreary , endless ...
Strana 16
... called a " trilogy " for so long that it is probably no use protesting , but Tolkien disliked the term . It was im- portant to him that it be regarded as a single continuous story . The arbi- trary division into three volumes was made ...
... called a " trilogy " for so long that it is probably no use protesting , but Tolkien disliked the term . It was im- portant to him that it be regarded as a single continuous story . The arbi- trary division into three volumes was made ...
Strana 17
... called Imladris often enough for us to require learning both names . Treebeard is also Fangorn , the forest that ... called " Halflings , " and in Sindarin they are called Periannath or Pheriannath . An archaic word for " hobbit ...
... called Imladris often enough for us to require learning both names . Treebeard is also Fangorn , the forest that ... called " Halflings , " and in Sindarin they are called Periannath or Pheriannath . An archaic word for " hobbit ...
Obsah
The Hobbit | 21 |
The Ring Sets Out | 47 |
The Ring Goes South | 89 |
The Treason of Isengard | 147 |
The Ring Goes East | 195 |
The War of the Ring | 239 |
The End of the Third Age | 321 |
Acknowledgments | 373 |
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide, Svazek 2 Christina Scull,Wayne G. Hammond Zobrazení fragmentů - 2006 |