Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes seven classic articles as well as seven new examinations of women in Tolkien's works and life bringing together not only perspectives on Tolkien's most commonly discussed female characters -- Éowyn, Galadriel, and Lúthien -- but also on less studies figures such as Nienna, Yavanna, Shelob, and Arwen.
Contents:
Introduction: perilous and fair, ancient and modern, luminous and powerful -- The history of scholarship on female characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium: a feminist bibliographic essay -- The missing women: J.R.R. Tolkien's lifelong support for women's higher education -- She-who-must-not-be-ignored: gender and genre in The Lord of the rings and the Victorian boys' book -- The feminine principle in Tolkien -- Tolkien's females and the defining of power -- Power in Arda: sources, uses and misuses -- The fall and repentance of Galadriel -- Luthien Tinuviel and bodily desire in the Lay of Leithian -- The power of pity and tears: the evolution of Nienna in the legendarium -- At home and abroad: Eowyn's two-fold figuring as war bride in The Lord of the rings -- The Valkyrie reflex in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the rings: Galadriel, Shelob, Eowyn, and Arwen -- Speech and silence in The Lord of the rings: medieval romance and the transitions of Eowyn -- Hidden in plain view: strategizing unconventionality in Shakespeare's and Tolkien's portraits of women -- Finding ourselves in the (un)mapped lands: Women's reparative readings of the The Lord of the rings.
Summary:
Includes seven classic articles as well as seven new examinations of women in Tolkien's works and life bringing together not only perspectives on Tolkien's most commonly discussed female characters -- Éowyn, Galadriel, and Lúthien -- but also on less studies figures such as Nienna, Yavanna, Shelob, and Arwen.
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