Jyrki Korpua, "The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium "
English | ISBN: 1476672881 | 2021 | 202 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1476672881 | 2021 | 202 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time–his world building and epic mythology have changed Western audiences' imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien's fiction. This analysis, written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike, discusses how his fiction is constructed on levels of language, myth and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato's texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the concepts of ideal and real, creation and existence, and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien's fiction, focusing on
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