Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World - Couverture souple

 
9780873387446: Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World
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ISBN 10 : 0873387449 ISBN 13 : 9780873387446
Editeur : Kent State University Press, 2002

Synopsis

J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during, and after Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A collection of stories, it provides information alluded to in Tolkien's better known works and, in doing so, turns The Lord of the Rings into much more than a sequel to The Hobbit, making it instead a continuation of the mythology of Middle-earth. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of Splintered Light, a classic study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Flieger demonstrates Tolkien's use of Barfield's concept throughout the fiction, showing how his central image of primary light splintered and refracted acts as a metaphor for the languages, peoples, and history of Middle-earth.

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À propos de l?auteur

Verlyn Flieger is professor emerita of English at the University of Maryland where she teaches courses on Tolkien, medieval and modern literature, and comparative mythology. She has written three books on Tolkien: Splintered Light, A Question of Time, and Interrupted Music (all published by The Kent State University Press). She has also edited a critical edition of Tolkien's novella Smith of Wootton Major, and an expanded edition with notes and commentary of Tolkien's most influential theoretical essay, "On Fairy-Stories."

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Éditeur
Kent State University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0873387449
ISBN 13 
9780873387446
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Éditeur
Flieger Verlyn
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Personne responsable
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9780802819550: Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World

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ISBN 10 :  0802819559 ISBN 13 :  9780802819550
Editeur : William B. Eerdmans Publishing C..., 1983
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