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PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN-101443825581
ISBN-139781443825580
eBay Product ID (ePID)203589665
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Number of Pages160 Pages
Publication NameMiddle-Earth and Beyond : Essays on the World of J. R. R. Tolkien
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, Subjects & Themes / Historical events, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorKathleen Dubs, Janka Kascáková
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
FormatHardcover
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Item Weight4.2 Oz
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
ReviewsBefore her work in Europe, Kathleen Dubs taught and held administrative positions at a number of American universities and liberal arts colleges. She is currently on the faculty of Arts and Letters at Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia, and the Institute of English Studies at Pàzmàny Pèter Catholic University, Hungary. Her most recent publications include "Devising Meaning in Genesis B," the reprint of "Fate, Providence, and Chance: Boethian Philosophy in The Lord of the Ring," and the entry "Fortune and Fate" in The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. "Harry Bailey: Chaucer's Critic?" and "Sleeping in Beowulf" are forthcoming.Janka KaÅ¡Äiàkovà took her PhD from Comenius University, Bratislava, and teaches English literature at the Department of English language and literature at Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia. The main focus of her research is modernism and the modernist short story, with a specialization in Katherine Mansfield. She also conducts research in fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. In addition to her forthcoming publications on Mansfield, on whom she has presented several papers, she has also presented papers on Tolkien's work. Her article "Elves and Orcs in the Fictional World of J.R.R. Tolkien" is forthcoming.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823.912
SynopsisOne wonders whether there really is a need for another volume of essays on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Clearly there is. Especially when the volume takes new directions, employs new approaches, focuses on different texts, or reviews and then challenges received wisdom. This volume intends to do all that. The entries on sources and analogues in The Lord of the Rings, a favorite topic, are still able to take new directions. The analyses of Tolkien's literary art, less common in Tolkien criticism, focus on character-especially that of Tom Bombadil-in which two different conclusions are reached. But characterization is also seen in the light of different literary techniques, motifs, and symbols. A unique contribution examines the place of linguistics in Tolkien's literary art, employing Gricean concepts in an analysis of The Lay of the Children of Hurin. And a quite timely essay presents a new interpretation of Tolkien's attitude toward the environment, especially in the character of Tom Bombadil. In sum, this volume covers new ground, and treads some well-worn paths; but here the well-worn path takes a new turn, taking not only scholars but general readers further into the complex and provocative world of Middle-earth, and beyond.
