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Tolkien and the Modernists
Literary Responses to the Dark New Days of the 20th Century
Taschenbuch von Theresa Freda Nicolay
Sprache: Englisch

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The Lord of the Rings rarely makes an appearance in college courses that aim to examine modern British and American literature. Only in recent years have the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend, C.S. Lewis, made their way into college syllabi alongside T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land or F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This volume aims to situate Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings within the literary period whose sensibility grew out of the 19th-century rise of secularism and industrialism, which culminated in the cataclysm of world war.
During a pivotal moment in the history of Western culture, both Tolkien and his contemporaries--the literary modernists--engaged with the past in order to make sense of the present world, especially in the wake of World War I. While Tolkien and the modernists share many of the same concerns, their responses to the crisis of modernity are often antithetical. While the work of the modernists emphasizes alienation and despair, Tolkien's work underscores the value of fellowship and hope.
The Lord of the Rings rarely makes an appearance in college courses that aim to examine modern British and American literature. Only in recent years have the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien and his friend, C.S. Lewis, made their way into college syllabi alongside T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land or F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This volume aims to situate Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings within the literary period whose sensibility grew out of the 19th-century rise of secularism and industrialism, which culminated in the cataclysm of world war.
During a pivotal moment in the history of Western culture, both Tolkien and his contemporaries--the literary modernists--engaged with the past in order to make sense of the present world, especially in the wake of World War I. While Tolkien and the modernists share many of the same concerns, their responses to the crisis of modernity are often antithetical. While the work of the modernists emphasizes alienation and despair, Tolkien's work underscores the value of fellowship and hope.
Über den Autor
Theresa Freda Nicolay teaches at St. John Fisher College, where she is the Coordinator for the Center for Academic Excellence and is the author of a monograph on early American women writers as well as journal articles on the teaching of writing. She lives in Rochester, New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Introduction ¿1

One.¿Rekindling an Old Light ¿9

Two.¿Industrialism, Instrumentality and "antiquity so appealing" ¿25

Three.¿The Lord of the Rings: "Insubstantial dream of an escapist" ¿55

Four.¿Modernist Disaffection and Tolkienian Faith ¿77

Five.¿The World as Wasteland: The Landscapes of Loss ¿101

Six.¿The Wasteland Within: Alienation in Tolkien and the Modernists ¿135

Seven.¿Postmodern Monsters and Providential Plans ¿162

Bibliography ¿187

Index ¿191
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780786478989
ISBN-10: 0786478985
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nicolay, Theresa Freda
Hersteller: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Theresa Freda Nicolay
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2014
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 129703300
Über den Autor
Theresa Freda Nicolay teaches at St. John Fisher College, where she is the Coordinator for the Center for Academic Excellence and is the author of a monograph on early American women writers as well as journal articles on the teaching of writing. She lives in Rochester, New York.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Introduction ¿1

One.¿Rekindling an Old Light ¿9

Two.¿Industrialism, Instrumentality and "antiquity so appealing" ¿25

Three.¿The Lord of the Rings: "Insubstantial dream of an escapist" ¿55

Four.¿Modernist Disaffection and Tolkienian Faith ¿77

Five.¿The World as Wasteland: The Landscapes of Loss ¿101

Six.¿The Wasteland Within: Alienation in Tolkien and the Modernists ¿135

Seven.¿Postmodern Monsters and Providential Plans ¿162

Bibliography ¿187

Index ¿191
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780786478989
ISBN-10: 0786478985
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nicolay, Theresa Freda
Hersteller: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Maße: 229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Theresa Freda Nicolay
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.05.2014
Gewicht: 0,336 kg
Artikel-ID: 129703300
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