Tolkien and the mystery of literary creation / Giuseppe Pezzini.
| Author/creator | Pezzini, Giuseppe, 1984- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxiii, 430 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The cats of Queen Berúthiel : linguistic aesthetic literature for its own sake -- The authors of the red book : meta-textual frames and writing as discovery and translation -- The lords of the west : cloaking, freedom, and the hidden 'divine' narrative -- Beren and Frodo : intratextual parallels and the universality of the particular -- Gandalf's fall and return : sub-creative humility and the 'arising' of prophecy -- The next stage : the death of the author and the effoliation of creation -- Epilogue : a short introduction to the Ainulindalë. |
| Abstract | "Guiding readers into the depths of Tolkien's world, Giuseppe Pezzini combines scholarly rigour with accessible language to reveal the majestic mosaic of Tolkien's vision of the 'mystery of literary creation', showing the unparalleled depth and complexity of his work and engaging with Tolkien and his 'theory' on their own terms"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-427) and index. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Critiques littéraires. |
| LCCN | 2024048270 |
| ISBN | 9781009479677 |
| ISBN | 1009479679 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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