The Mirror of Desire Unbidden
Retrieving the Imago Dei in Tolkien and Late Medieval English Literature
2024
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-91857-9 (ISBN)
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-91857-9 (ISBN)
The Mirror of Desire Unbidden: Retrieving the Imago Dei in Tolkien and Late Medieval English Literature sets Tolkien’s theory of Fantasy against the backdrop of Western history of phantasia, all the way back to the Biblical image of God and the Hellenic concept of phantasm. The historical change into the judgment of the imaginative faculty shaped Christianity in associating fantasy with adultery. The emergence of the fantastic, Arthurian Legend, and Courtly Love in the 12th century might appear a countertendency, but Tolkien rather follows authors like Chaucer and the Gawain-Poet in their refusal of adultery. An investigation into the subject affords to clarify Tolkien’s poetics and his theology, finalized to the retrieval of the female Imago Dei.
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.06.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature ; 65 |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 611 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Schlagworte | adultery • Chaucer • Fantasy • Gawain-poet • Sir Orfeo • Woman |
ISBN-10 | 3-631-91857-7 / 3631918577 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-631-91857-9 / 9783631918579 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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Buch | Softcover (2024)
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