Overview

The timely collection of essays is thematically unified around the subject of corporeality. Its theoretical underpinnings emerge out of feminist, foucauldian, patristic and queer hermeneutics. The book is organized into categories specific to transformation, spirit versus body, discourse, and source material. More than one essay focuses on female bodies and on the monstrous or evil body. While Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is central to most analyses, authors also cover The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and material in The History of Middle-earth.

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Author:   Christopher Vaccaro
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9780786474783

ISBN 10:   0786474785
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   29 August 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction (Christopher Vaccaro) Part I. The Transformation of the Body The Body in Question: The Unhealed Wounds of Frodo Baggins (Verlyn Flieger) Incorporeality and Transformation in The Lord of the Rings (Yvette Kisor) Frodo’s Body: Liminality and the Experience of War (Anna Smol) Part II. The Body and the Spirit The Hröa and Fëa of Middle-earth: Health, Ecology and the War (Matthew Dickerson) The Ugly Elf: Orc Bodies, Perversion, and Redemption in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings (Jolanta N. Komornicka) Part III. The Discursive Body Light (noun, 1) or Light (adjective, 14b)? Female Bodies and Femininities in The Lord of the Rings (Robin Anne Reid) A Body of Myth: Representing Sauron in The Lord of the Rings (Gergely Nagy) Part IV. The Body and the Source Material Emblematic Bodies: Tolkien and the Depiction of Female Physical Presence (James T. Williamson) Extending the Reach of the Invisible Hand: A Gift Looks for Gain in the Gifting Economy of Middle-earth (Jennifer Culver) Tolkien’s Whimsical Mode: Physicalities in The Hobbit (Christopher Vaccaro) About the Contributors Index

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valuable...illuminating analysis --<i>Medievally Speaking</i>; a solid collection --<i>Mythlore</i>.

Author Information

Christopher Vaccaro is a senior lecturer at the University of Vermont. He has published on Tolkien and Cynewulf’s Elene and lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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