The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in The Lord of the RingsWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 4 лист. 2004 р. - 373 стор. 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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... themes and then analyzing them , I have chosen to be guided by Tolkien's own professed trust in the revelatory power of narrative . This power is well known to all who have responded to Tolkien's exceptional skill as a storyteller ; it ...
... themes and then analyzing them , I have chosen to be guided by Tolkien's own professed trust in the revelatory power of narrative . This power is well known to all who have responded to Tolkien's exceptional skill as a storyteller ; it ...
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... themes interfering with the sheer enjoy- ment that he wished for his readers . His book was written " to amuse ( in the highest sense ) — to be readable , " as he wrote to an editor ; it should " ex- cite , please , and even on occasion ...
... themes interfering with the sheer enjoy- ment that he wished for his readers . His book was written " to amuse ( in the highest sense ) — to be readable , " as he wrote to an editor ; it should " ex- cite , please , and even on occasion ...
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... themes , mo- tifs , characters , languages , people - groups , or any other subcategory . The 5. When this commentary was in the process of revision . I read for the first time Tom Shippey's The Road to Middle - earth and discovered ...
... themes , mo- tifs , characters , languages , people - groups , or any other subcategory . The 5. When this commentary was in the process of revision . I read for the first time Tom Shippey's The Road to Middle - earth and discovered ...
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... theme , to others , an- other . He took all the questions that people asked so seriously that occa- sionally he ... themes . There is one particular passage in the letters that expresses his deep- est concerns while at the same time ...
... theme , to others , an- other . He took all the questions that people asked so seriously that occa- sionally he ... themes . There is one particular passage in the letters that expresses his deep- est concerns while at the same time ...
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... themes of Tolkien's tale . It is human nature to want to divide up the world into Good and Evil , always with ourselves and our own group on the Good side . It was one of Tolkien's principal aims to show that , in reality , such a line ...
... themes of Tolkien's tale . It is human nature to want to divide up the world into Good and Evil , always with ourselves and our own group on the Good side . It was one of Tolkien's principal aims to show that , in reality , such a line ...
Зміст
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 Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien's Divine Design in The Lord of the Rings Fleming Rutledge Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2004 |
Загальні терміни та фрази
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, Том 2 Christina Scull,Wayne G. Hammond Перегляд фрагмента - 2006 |