Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins
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Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins

The Function of Relics and Ruins in Middle-earth

  1. 273 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins

The Function of Relics and Ruins in Middle-earth

About this book

The structural and symbolic purposes of ruins in literary texts have a long history, yet few scholars explore their importance within J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.

From the ruins of Erebor and the relics of Gondolin appearing in The Hobbit to the various images of Amon Sûl, Moria, and Osgiliath in The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien constructs a distinct mood-one that captures characters' awareness of the glories of the past and a desire to emulate them. The scholars who do engage Tolkien's relics and ruins tend to limit the scope to Tolkien's debt to the Middle Ages. While such scholarship begins important conversations, the full story of Tolkien's relics and ruins is left untold. Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins takes corrective action and expands this historical and critical literary scope. This collection seeks to promote a more comprehensive approach to Tolkien's legendarium.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Figures
  6. Contributors
  7. Introduction: Tolkien’s Medievalism in Ruins
  8. Part I: Ruins in Tolkien’s Literary Criticism
  9. Chapter 1: “To Look out upon the Sea” : Tolkien’s Use of the Allegory of the Tower in “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics”
  10. Chapter 2: Tolkien’s Tower by the Sea
  11. Part II: Relics and Ruins in Arda
  12. Chapter 3: Ruins of Past Tongues: Tolkien’s Timeless Philology
  13. Chapter 4: “What Do Your Elf Eyes See?”: Perceiving Ruins in Middle-earth
  14. Chapter 5: Ruins as Landscape Runes
  15. Chapter 6: Wealth, Ruin, and Weregild in Tolkien’s Dwarvish Civilizations
  16. Chapter 7: “Too Greedily and Too Deep”: Decadence and the Relics of Empires in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
  17. Chapter 8: Romantic Nostalgia in Tolkien’s Relics and Ruins: Longing for Aman, Gondolin, and NĂșmenor in The Lost Road
  18. Chapter 9: The Blade of the King: Tolkien, Arthur, and the Remnants of Kingship
  19. Part III: Relics and Ruins in Tolkien Adaptations
  20. Chapter 10: Towers of Silver: Ruins and Relics in the Middle-earth Video Game Series
  21. Chapter 11: “You wield Aiglos, icicle of Gil-galad”: Relics as Signposts in The Lord of the Rings Online and The Two Towers MUD
  22. Chapter 12: Marching through Mordor: Ruins and Landscape in Summoning’s Minas Morgul
  23. Index