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The Broken Scythe: Roberto Arduini and Claudio A. Testi (editors) Cormarë Series No. 26
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What is the central theme of The Lord of the Rings? J.R.R. Tolkien's answer to this apparently simple question may surprise some readers: "I do not think that even Power or Domination is the real centre of my story [...] The real theme for me is about something much more permanent and difficult: Death and Immortality" (Letters no. 186). Despite this very clear statement, only a small number of published studies have focused on these two themes. This collection of essays by Italian scholars aims at filling this lacuna in the critical scholarship. The nine papers, introduced by Verlyn Flieger's preface, are the result of a two-year interdisciplinary project that concentrated on death and immortality and provide a fascinating, multi-facetted exploration of these fundamental aspects of Tolkien's work. table of contents | announcements | more List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
A Eulogy of Finitude:
Tolkien's Legendarium as a meditatio mortis
Tolkien, Death and Time: the Fairy Story within the Picture
On the Edge of the Perilous Realm
The Wrong Path of the Sub-creator:
"In the Mounds of Mundburg":
Death, Immortality and their Escapes:
Logic and Theology in Tolkien's Thanatology
A Misplaced Envy: Bibliography Index
Two book reviews in Mythlore (12th May 2013)
 
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