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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Named Person: | J R R Tolkien; J R R Tolkien; J R R Tolkien; J R R Tolkien; J R R Tolkien; J R R Tolkien |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Fleming Rutledge |
ISBN: | 0802824978 9780802824974 |
OCLC Number: | 60346156 |
Description: | vii, 373 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | The Hobbit -- The Ring sets out -- The Ring goes south -- The Treason of Isengard -- The Ring goes east -- The War of the Ring -- The end of the Third Age. |
Responsibility: | Fleming Rutledge. |
Abstract:
"In The Battle for Middle-earth Fleming Rutledge employs a distinctive technique to uncover the theological currents that lie just under the surface of Tolkien's epic tale. Rutledge believes that the best way to understand this powerful "deep narrative" is to examine the story as it unfolds, preserving some of its original dramatic tension. This deep narrative has not previously been sufficiently analyzed or celebrated. Writing as an enthusiastic but careful reader, Rutledge draws on Tolkien's extensive correspondence to show how biblical and liturgical motifs shape the action. At the heart of the plot lies a rare glimpse of what human freedom really means within the Divine Plan of God.
The Battle for Middle-earth surely will, as Rutledge hopes, "give pleasure to those who may already have detected the presence of the sub-narrative, and insight to those who may have missed it on first reading.""--Jacket.
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