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Author: Dr Hamish Williams (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany) ,
Laura Jansen (University of Bristol UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781350241466
ISBN 10: 1350241466
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
More than a simplistic sources-and-influences study of the classical origins of some of Tolkien’s literary creations, this book dives deeply into material others have only skimmed or avoided altogether. Williams also does justice to the influence of Tolkien’s Catholic beliefs on the philosophical/theological foundations upon which much of his legendarium rests, avoiding doctrinaire axe-grinding for or against Tolkien’s religion. This book is essential. -- Jonathan Evans, Professor of English and Linguistics, University of Georgia, USA Fascinating, erudite, timely, and theoretically informed, J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics deftly traces Tolkien’s classicism and its use to explore utopic possibilities and their elusiveness. Tolkien devotees and scholars of high fantasy, utopia studies, and classical reception in fantasy will find Williams’ book essential reading. -- Jesse Weiner, Associate Professor of Classics, Hamilton College, USA
"""More than a simplistic sources-and-influences study of the classical origins of some of Tolkien's literary creations, this book dives deeply into material others have only skimmed or avoided altogether. Williams also does justice to the influence of Tolkien's Catholic beliefs on the philosophical/theological foundations upon which much of his legendarium rests, avoiding doctrinaire axe-grinding for or against Tolkien's religion. This book is essential."" --Jonathan Evans, Professor of English and Linguistics, University of Georgia, USA ""Fascinating, erudite, timely, and theoretically informed, J.R.R. Tolkien's Utopianism and the Classics deftly traces Tolkien's classicism and its use to explore utopic possibilities and their elusiveness. Tolkien devotees and scholars of high fantasy, utopia studies, and classical reception in fantasy will find Williams' book essential reading."" --Jesse Weiner, Associate Professor of Classics, Hamilton College, USA"
Author Information
Hamish Williams is Lecturer in European Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has co-edited Tolkien and the Classical World (2021) and The Ancient Sea: The Utopian and Catastrophic in Classical Narratives and their Reception (2022).
