Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy: The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien : A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium (Series #75) (Paperback)

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J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his world building and epic mythology have changed western audiences imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien s fiction. This analysis written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike discusses how Tolkien s fiction is constructed on levels of language myth and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato s texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the Christian Platonic concepts of ideal and real creation and existence and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien s fiction focusing on The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. By reading Tolkien s fiction as a depiction of ideal and real from the vision of creation to the process of realization it illuminates a part of Tolkien s aesthetics and mythology that previous studies have overlooked -- J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his world building and epic mythology have changed Western audiences imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien s fiction. This analysis written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike discusses how his fiction is constructed on levels of language myth and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato s texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the concepts of ideal and real creation and existence and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien s fiction focusing on The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. Reading Tolkien s fiction as a depiction of ideal and real from the vision of creation to the process of realization illuminates a part of Tolkien s aesthetics and mythology that previous studies have overlooked.