Il medioevo e il fantastico
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"J.R.R. Tolkien, il professore che amava i draghi, filologo insigne ed estroso, subcreatore della Terra di Mezzo e dei suoi miti cosmogonici, conservatore, cattolico tradizionalista, antimoderno al punto tale da preferire i fulmini ai lampioni, i cavalli alle automobili, ha insegnato ormai a diverse ad amare il Medioevo e il Fantastico e a non considerarli entrambi qualcosa di negativo, di cui vergognarsi o addirittura "pericoloso". Tolkien, della Evasione del Prigioniero dal carcere della Modernità, ne ha fatto un atteggiamento positivo e costruttivo, indispensabile per uscire indenni mentre si superano tutti gli ostacoli che si frappongono alla libertà." (G. De Turris)
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- Pagine: 341
- Data di uscita: 01-10-2003
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Tolkien was a pretty devastatingly smart guy, who didn't only create a world and languages of his own, but was a serious and intelligent scholar who knew many languages, modern and archaic, and had a wide interest in different literatures and mythologies. This volume contains seven of his academic e Leggi tutto
I wish had Professor Tolkien around to pick his brain, but this book is an adequate substitute, and, I think, indispensable for anyone who teaches Beowulf . Tolkien's titular essay is largely responsible for changing the attitude toward Beowulf in literary circles. The epic was considered important f Leggi tutto
The title essay (still going for best title of a critical essay) together with 'On Translating Beowulf ' capture that poem, at least if you are a romantic like me. Gloriously written and elegiac in mood, these may rob your heart, and perhaps you can cheat, read them instead of Beowulf and yet underst Leggi tutto
I already loved LOTR, and this book made me love that series even more. My favorite essay out of the collection was "On Fairy Stories." Whether you're a writer or a reader, it's definitely worth investing some time into. You'll walk away from it with a new appreciation for the significance of storie Leggi tutto
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