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02437aam a2200349 i 4500 001 56FC7FD40C7C11EC8E70AEE442ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210903010031 008 210504s2021 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021021179 020 $a 1476672881 020 $a 9781476672885 035 $a (OCoLC)1237344843 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR6039 O32 Z675 2021 100 1 $a Korpua, Jyrki, $d 1977- $e author. 245 14 $a The mythopoeic code of Tolkien : $b a Christian Platonic reading of the legendarium / $c Jyrki Korpua. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2021] 300 $a viii, 194 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; $v 75 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "J. R. R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential fantasy writer of all time--his world building and epic mythology have changed western audiences' imaginations and the entire fantasy genre. This book is the first wide-ranging Christian Platonic reading on Tolkien's fiction. This analysis, written for scholars and general Tolkien enthusiasts alike, discusses how Tolkien's fiction is constructed on levels of language, myth, and textuality that have a background in the Greek philosopher Plato's texts and early Christian philosophy influenced by Plato. It discusses the Christian Platonic concepts of ideal and real, creation and existence, and fall and struggle as central elements of Tolkien's fiction, focusing on The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth. By reading Tolkien's fiction as a depiction of ideal and real, from the vision of creation to the process of realization, it illuminates a part of Tolkien's aesthetics and mythology that previous studies have overlooked"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Neoplatonism in literature. 650 0 $a Christianity in literature. 650 0 $a Fantasy fiction, English $x History and criticism. 830 0 $a Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; $v 75. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903014113.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=56FC7FD40C7C11EC8E70AEE442ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search