{"product_id":"perilous-and-fair-phoebe-c-linton-9781887726016","title":"Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien","description":"Since the earliest scholarship on \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/i\u003e, critics have discussed how the works of J. R. R. Tolkien seem either to ignore women or to place them on unattainable pedestals. To remedy such claims that Tolkien's fiction has nothing useful or modern to say about women, \u003ci\u003ePerilous and Fair\u003c\/i\u003e focuses critical attention on views that interpret women in Tolkien's works and life as enacting essential, rather than merely supportive roles. \u003ci\u003ePerilous and Fair\u003c\/i\u003e includes seven classic articles as well as seven new examinations of women in Tolkien's works and life. These fourteen articles bring together perspectives not only on Tolkien's most commonly discussed female characters-- ﾉowyn, Galadriel, and L偀hien-but also on less studied figures such as Nienna, Yavanna, Shelob, and Arwen. Among others, the collection features such diverse critical approaches and methods as literary source study, historical context, feminist theory, biographical investigation, close-reading textual analysis, Jungian archetypes, and fanfiction reader-response.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie A. Donovan, Janet Brennan Croft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1887726012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781887726016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mythopoeic Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Leslie A. Donovan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995167162623,"sku":"9781887726016","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fda317f5-0eb7-41b3-8cda-862884126155.jpg?v=1683334228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perilous-and-fair-phoebe-c-linton-9781887726016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}