Tolkien and the West : Reclaiming Europe's Lost Literary Tradition

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Call Number: BOCD 823.912 Dr
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Compact discs.
"8 lectures"--Container.
Introduction : Tolkien and the West -- The development of technique : The hobbit -- A Western world worth saving : The fellowship of the ring -- Ruins and the ruined : The two towers -- Leavening joy with sadness : The return of the king -- The beauty of sorrow : The Silmarillion -- Real scholarship about imaginary things : the appendices and unfinished tales -- Further west than West : beyond the books.
Lecturer: Michael D.C. Drout, Wheaton College.
Professor Michael D.C. Drout takes listeners on a literary journey, exploring Tolkien's most celebrated writings, while explaining the techniques and themes, to show how Tolkien crafted literary worlds that the reader cares desperately about and wishes to save.

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