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Titre(s) : Tolkien among the moderns [Texte imprimé] / edited by Ralph C. Wood

Publication : Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame press, 2015

Description matérielle : vi, 303 pages ; 23 cm

Comprend : Tolkien among the moderns /Ralph C. Wood ; Philosophic poet : J.R.R. Tolkien's modern response to an ancient quarrel /Germaine Paulo Walsh ; On fate, providence, and free will in The Silmarillion /Helen Lasseter Freeh ; Unlikely knights, improbable heroes : inverse, antimodernist paradigms in Tolkien and Cervantes /Michael D. Thomas ; Tolkien or Nietzsche: philology and nihilism /Peter M. Candler, Jr. ; A portrait of the poet as an Old Hobbit : engaging modernist aesthetic ontology in The Fellowship of the ring /Phillip J. Donnelly ; Pouring new wine into old bottles : Tolkien, Joyce, and the modern epic /Dominic Manganiello ; The consolations of fantasy : J.R.R. Tolkien and Iris Murdoch /Scott H. Moore ; "That the world not be usurped" : Emmanuel Levinas and J.R.R. Tolkien on serving the other as release from bondage /Joseph Tadie ; Tolkien and postmodernism /Ralph C. Wood

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"It has long been recognized that J. R. R. Tolkien's work is animated by a profound moral and religious vision. It is less clear that Tolkien's vision confronts the leading philosophical and literary concerns addressed by modern writers and thinkers. This book seeks to resolve such uncertainty. It places modern writers and modern quandaries in lively engagement with the broad range of Tolkien's work, while giving special attention to the textual particularities of his masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. In ways at once provocative and original, the contributors deal with major modern artists and philosophers, including Miguel de Cervantes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emmanuel Levinas, Iris Murdoch, and James Joyce. The essays in Tolkien among the Moderns also point forward to postmodernism by examining its implications for Tolkien's work. Looking backward, they show how Tolkien addresses two ancient questions: the problems of fate and freedom in a seemingly random universe, as well as Plato's objection that art can neither depict truth nor underwrite morality. The volume is premised on the firm conviction that Tolkien is not a writer who will be soon surpassed and forgotten--exactly because he has a permanent dwelling place "among the moderns."

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wood, Ralph C. (1942-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973) -- Philosophie Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973) -- Littérature Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Philosophie -- Dans la littérature Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Postmodernisme et littérature Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet