Tolkien and Modernity 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783905703030)

The current volume, being the second of two dedicated to 'Tolkien and Modernity', grew out of the wish to further the exploration of Tolkien as a 'contemporary writer', i.e. an author whose literary creations can be seen as a response to the challenges of the modern world. It comprises papers that focus on four broad themes: love, time, heroism, and style. Although one could argue that these topics have been present since the beginning of literature, though sometimes temporarily submerged, it is with the cataclysm of World War I and the entry of Einstein's Theory of Relativity into the public consciousness - two events that shook the very foundations of pre-modern society - that they gained a new and immediate relevance.

Author: Thomas Honegger
ISBN-10: 3905703033
ISBN-13: 9783905703030
Publisher: Walking Tree Publishers
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2006
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.61d