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Tolkien, enchantment, and loss : steps on the developmental journey

Title
Tolkien, enchantment, and loss : steps on the developmental journey / John Rosegrant.
Author
Rosegrant, John
Publication
  • Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
Kent State University. Press, publisher.
Description
xii, 208 pages; 25 cm
Summary
Focusing on the themes of enchantment and loss in the fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien, this unique study incorporates elements of developmental psychology to explore both Tolkien's life and art, deepening our understanding of the iterrelationship between his biography and writing--
Subject
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973
  • 1900-1999
  • Authors, English > 20th century > Biography
  • Fantasy literature, English > History and criticism
  • Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
  • Authors, English
  • Fantasy literature, English
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.
Contents
Tolkien's Dialogue between Enchantment and Loss -- My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me -- Bilbo Baggins, the Master of Laketown, and the Fate of Enchantment -- In Deep with The Hobbit -- Mother Music -- Man-Maiden and the Spider with Horns -- Seeing the Self in the Mirror with Galadriel -- From the Ineluctable Wave to the Realization of Imagined Wonder -- Something Has Gone Crack -- One Ring and Tom Bombadil -- Late Life Loss of Transitionality.
Call Number
JFE 22-2750
ISBN
  • 1606354353
  • 9781606354353
OCLC
1256805819
Author
Rosegrant, John, author.
Title
Tolkien, enchantment, and loss : steps on the developmental journey / John Rosegrant.
Publisher
Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-202) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Kent State University. Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
JFE 22-2750
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