"From mind to mind" : Robert Browning and J. R. R. Tolkien / Chris Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walsh, Chris.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889--Criticism and interpretation.

Browning, Robert.

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889--Themes, motives.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (37 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chester, [England] : Chester Academic Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This lecture consists of a comparative examination of the lives and works of two writers, Browning and Tolkien, who make an unlikely pair. The differences are many and the similarities are not immediately obvious. Aspects considered include their experiences of marriage, their voluminousness, their reputations amongst their readers, their different aesthetics, and their religious beliefs, particular as these are reflected in their attitudes towards death

Contents:

Front cover

Title page

Copyright page

Robert Browning and J. R. R. Tolkien text

Browning and Tokien: Worlds Apart?

Why Browning and Tolkien?

Intersections

Two heroic romances

The comprehensiveness of Browning and Tolkien

Browning and Tolkien: Their reputations and readers

Action in character": Browning's dramatic aesthetic

Mythopoeia": Tolkien's theory of fantasy

Death as theme

Death in Browning

Tolkien on death deathlessness

Courage

Two quests

The encouragement of Browning and Tolkien

Back cover

Back cover.

Notes:

"An inaugural lecture delivered at the University of Chester on 1 December 2005."

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9781908258670

1908258675

OCLC:

905086366