Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dickerson, Matthew T.

Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813124186)

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Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dickerson, Matthew T.

Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

$70.00
Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien by Dickerson, Matthew T.

Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien

$70.00
Format: Hardcover
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With a Foreword by John Elder and an Afterword by Tom Shippey Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion brings together three potent and convincing elements of preservation and conservation--sustainable agriculture and agrarianism, horticulture independent of utilitarianism, and

Author: Matthew T. Dickerson, Jonathan Evans
ISBN-10: 0813124182
ISBN-13: 9780813124186
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.12w x 1.07d
By Matthew T. Dickerson
By Matthew T. Dickerson
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Matthew Dickerson, professor and member of the environmental studies program at Middlebury College, is the author or coauthor of several books, including Following Gandalf: Epic Battles and Moral Victory in the Lord of the Rings and From Homer to Harry Potter: A Handbook on Myth and Fantasy.

Jonathan Evans, associate professor of English and director of the medieval studies program at the University of Georgia, is a member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program faculty. His essays on J. R. R. Tolkien have been published in J. R. R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances, Tolkien the Medievalist, and The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia.

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