Tolkien and the mystery of literary creation / Giuseppe Pezzini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pezzini, Giuseppe, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 430 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Guiding readers into the depths of Tolkien's world, Giuseppe Pezzini combines scholarly rigour with accessible language to reveal the majestic mosaic of Tolkien's vision of the 'mystery of literary creation', showing the unparalleled depth and complexity of his work and engaging with Tolkien and his 'theory' on their own terms"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The cats of Queen Berúthiel : linguistic aesthetic literature for its own sake

The authors of the red book : meta-textual frames and writing as discovery and translation

The lords of the west : cloaking, freedom, and the hidden 'divine' narrative

Beren and Frodo : intratextual parallels and the universality of the particular

Gandalf's fall and return : sub-creative humility and the 'arising' of prophecy

The next stage : the death of the author and the effoliation of creation

Epilogue : a short introduction to the Ainulindalë.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-427) and index.

ISBN:

9781009479677

1009479679

OCLC:

1468586959