Beschreibung:
A collection of essays by ten international experts on J. R. R. Tolkien’sLegendarium, focussed on Light and Shadow. Such leading threads of his literary production are here taken as universal themes to be interpreted in several different senses – ethical, philosophical, psychological, spiritual, historical and biographical – with further insights into their numberless nuances.
The Professor’s main works (above allThe HobbitThe Lord of the Rings andThe Silmarillion) are explored in their multifacete aspects, in connection with his life’s events and bearing in mind his own opinion on them, through hisLetters and his essayOn Fairy Stories.
Thanks to these sharp and compelling reflections, a wide range of viewpoints on his entireopus emerges, confirming its utmost relevance to the history of Literature, and offering some indeed new intuitions on the spirit of his creations.
Authors
Roberto ArduiniPatrick CurryMichaël DevauxMichael D.C. DroutColin Duriez, John GarthThomas HoneggerGino ScatastaGuglielmo SpiritoGiovanni Agnoloni. ed States. His personal website is giovanniagnoloni.com.