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03313aam a2200361 i 4500 001 E174D73E370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170620s2018 ohua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2017016112 020 $a 1606353055 020 $a 9781606353059 035 $a (OCoLC)991535970 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d AQ3 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR6039.O32 $b L63215 2018 082 00 $a 823/.912 $2 23 100 1 $a Amendt-Raduege, Amy, $d 1968- $e author. 245 10 $a "The sweet and the bitter" : $b death and dying in J.R.R. Tolkien's The lord of the rings / $c Amy Amendt-Raduege. 264 1 $a Kent, Ohio : $b The Kent State University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 160 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. The wages of heroism -- 2. The bitter end -- 3. Songs and stones -- 4. Haunting the dead -- 5. Applicability: "Hope without guarantees". 520 $a In 1956, J. R. R. Tolkien famously stated that the real theme of The Lord of the Rings was "Death and Immortality." The deaths that underscore so much of the subject matter of Tolkien's masterpiece have a great deal to teach us. From the heroic to the humble, Tolkien draws on medieval concepts of death and dying to explore the glory and sorrow of human mortality. Three great themes of death link medieval Northern European culture, The Lord of the Rings, and contemporary culture: the way in which we die, the need to remember the dead, and above all the lingering apprehension of what happens after death. Like our medieval ancestors, we still talk about what it means to die as a hero, a traitor, or a coward; we still make decisions about ways to honor and remember the departed; and we continue to seek to appease and contain the dead. These themes suggest a latent resonance between medieval and modern cultures and raise an issue not generally discussed in contemporary Western society: our deeply rooted belief that how one dies in some way matters. While Tolkien, as a medieval scholar, naturally draws much of his inspiration from the literature, folklore, and legends of the Middle Ages, the popularity of his work affirms that modern audiences continue to find these tropes relevant and useful. From ideas of "good" and "bad" deaths to proper commemoration and disposal of the dead, and even to ghost stories, real people find comfort in the ideas about death and dying that Tolkien explores. "The Sweet and the Bitter": Death and Dying in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings examines the ways in which Tolkien's masterwork makes visible the connections between medieval and modern conceptions of dying and analyzes how contemporary readers use The Lord of the Rings as a tool for dealing with death. 600 10 $a Tolkien, J. R. R. $q (John Ronald Reuel), $d 1892-1973. $t Lord of the rings. 630 07 $a Lord of the rings (Tolkien, J.R.R.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356106 650 0 $a Death in literature. 650 7 $a Death in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00888697 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905041733.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116040309.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E174D73E370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search