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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... never meet Shippey's cri- teria , being " one of those people writing about [ Tolkien ] who could not tell Old English from Old Norse " ( The Road to Middle - earth : How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology [ Boston : Houghton ...
... never meet Shippey's cri- teria , being " one of those people writing about [ Tolkien ] who could not tell Old English from Old Norse " ( The Road to Middle - earth : How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology [ Boston : Houghton ...
Strana 5
... never absent and never named . ” Many books about The Lord of the Rings have been published . Do we need another one ? I am hopeful that this analysis offers something a little different , I do not think Tolkien's deep underlying ...
... never absent and never named . ” Many books about The Lord of the Rings have been published . Do we need another one ? I am hopeful that this analysis offers something a little different , I do not think Tolkien's deep underlying ...
Strana 12
... never seen be- fore in the world . Combined with this fact is a mood of increasing belli- cosity among many Americans , encouraged by a new doctrine of pre- emptive war . The near cause of this new mood and new doctrine was the ...
... never seen be- fore in the world . Combined with this fact is a mood of increasing belli- cosity among many Americans , encouraged by a new doctrine of pre- emptive war . The near cause of this new mood and new doctrine was the ...
Strana 16
... never used . I have restored Tolkien's origi- nal titles as the headings for the six chapters in this commentary . Spelling and Names of Places , People , and Creatures In my own text I have used standard American spelling , but I have ...
... never used . I have restored Tolkien's origi- nal titles as the headings for the six chapters in this commentary . Spelling and Names of Places , People , and Creatures In my own text I have used standard American spelling , but I have ...
Strana 18
... never identified specifically by the apos- tle Paul in the New Testament as a Power alongside Sin and Death ( and the Law ) , or as a realm like those of the Flesh and the Spirit . Second , for reasons that will be stated at length , I ...
... never identified specifically by the apos- tle Paul in the New Testament as a Power alongside Sin and Death ( and the Law ) , or as a realm like those of the Flesh and the Spirit . Second , for reasons that will be stated at length , I ...
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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already apocalyptic Aragorn Arwen battle become Beregond biblical Bilbo Boromir called Christ Christian comes command Corinthians creature danger dark dead death deep narrative Denethor disciples divine Doom Dwarves Elrond Elves emphasis added Enemy Éomer Éowyn Ephesians epic evil eyes Faramir father Fellowship Frodo Galadriel Gandalf gift Gimli God's Gollum Gondor Grey heart hints hobbits hope human important Imrahil Isengard Ithilien Jesus King Legolas Letters look Lord Lothlorien Lúthien means mercy Merry and Pippin Middle-earth Minas Tirith mind Mordor Moria Nazgûl never Númenor Númenóreans once Orcs Orthanc palantír passage Paul Pelennor person Pippin reader realm reference Reminder resist Ring saga Rivendell Rohan Rohirrim Romans Sam's Saruman Sauron says scene seems sense Shadow Shire speak story Strider struggle suggestion tale Testament theme Théoden theological things tion Tolkien Tower Treebeard turn understand Valar wizard words Wormtongue wrote
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The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide, Svazek 2 Christina Scull,Wayne G. Hammond Zobrazení fragmentů - 2006 |