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Creation and Beauty in Tolkien's Catholic Vision
eBook - A Study in the Influence of Neoplatonism in J. R. R. Tolkien's Philosophy of Life as 'Being and Gift'
ISBN/EAN: 9781532641121
Umbreit-Nr.: 2219741
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 294 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 02.01.2020
Auflage: 1/2020
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- This book invites readers into Tolkien's world through the lens of a variety of philosophers, all of whom owe a rich debt to the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition. It places Tolkien's mythology against a wider backdrop of Catholic philosophy and asks serious questions about the nature of creation, the nature of God, what it means to be good, and the problem of evil. Halsall sets Tolkien alongside both his contemporaries and ancient authors, revealing his careful use of literary devices inspired by them to craft his own "mythology for England."
- Kurztext
- This book invites readers into Tolkien's world through the lens of a variety of philosophers, all of whom owe a rich debt to the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition. It places Tolkien's mythology against a wider backdrop of Catholic philosophy and asks serious questions about the nature of creation, the nature of God, what it means to be good, and the problem of evil. Halsall sets Tolkien alongside both his contemporaries and ancient authors, revealing his careful use of literary devices inspired by them to craft his own &quote;mythology for England.&quote;
- Autorenportrait
- <b>Michael Halsall is a Catholic priest and teaches Philosophy at Allen Hall, London.<br><br></b>