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Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Sources of Inspiration
In the year after his graduation from Exeter College, Oxford, the great mythopoeic work for which he would become famous was already germinating in Tolkien's mind. In August 2006 the College offered a week of seminars and papers by leading international specialists on Tolkien's Exeter years, the influence of the Great War, the healing power of his narrative, and its relevance to religious and linguistic studies, comparative mythology, and history. Priscilla Tolkien, C.S. Lewis's secretary and friend Walter Hooper, Tolkien's friend the Jesuit priest Robert Murray SJ, and grandson Simon Tolkien attended as special guests, representing the family and those who knew Tolkien personally. The conference was intended to encourage the growth of Tolkien Studies through international and interdisciplinary collaboration. The papers from this conference have been selected, edited, and supplemented by other essays on complementary themes especially for this volume, in order to reveal the dynamic growth of Tolkien Studies around the world. This book explores the spiritual, poetic, personal, and academic sources of inspiration for what is widely regarded as the greatest book of the twentieth century.
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248 pages, Paperback
First published March 11, 2008
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About the author
Stratford Caldecott
35 books69 followersStratford Caldecott MA (Oxon.), STD, was a Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative, editor of the Humanum Review (online book review journal of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute), and co-editor of Second Spring and the UK/Ireland edition of Magnificat.
He had served as senior editor at Routledge, HarperCollins, T&T Clark, Sophia Institute Press, and as a commissioning editor for the Catholic Truth Society in London. He served on the editorial boards of Communio, The Chesterton Review, and Oasis.
Dr. Caldecott was the G.K. Chesterton Research Fellow at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford.
He received an honorary doctorate in Theology from the John Paul II Institute in Washington, D.C.
He blogged at:
http://thechristianmysteries.blogspot...
http://beauty-in-education.blogspot.com/
He had served as senior editor at Routledge, HarperCollins, T&T Clark, Sophia Institute Press, and as a commissioning editor for the Catholic Truth Society in London. He served on the editorial boards of Communio, The Chesterton Review, and Oasis.
Dr. Caldecott was the G.K. Chesterton Research Fellow at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford.
He received an honorary doctorate in Theology from the John Paul II Institute in Washington, D.C.
He blogged at:
http://thechristianmysteries.blogspot...
http://beauty-in-education.blogspot.com/
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June 14, 2009
A must for any Tolkien acadameic. The essay on Tolkien and Vico is very good. Excellent series of thought provoking essays.
May 5, 2016
"Frodo or Zarathustra" ...This alone is worth the price of the book.
Creation as sacrament or as absolute nihilism..."choose you this day."
Glorious!
Most of these essays are from a Tolkien Studies Conference at Oxford a few years back. So gratifying to see Tolkien get a real in depth academic analysis that doesn't dry out his genius.
Creation as sacrament or as absolute nihilism..."choose you this day."
Glorious!
Most of these essays are from a Tolkien Studies Conference at Oxford a few years back. So gratifying to see Tolkien get a real in depth academic analysis that doesn't dry out his genius.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews