Creation and Beauty in Tolkien’s Catholic Vision: A Study in the Influence of Neoplatonism in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Philosophy of Life as “Being and Gift”

Name: Creation and Beauty in Tolkien’s Catholic Vision: A Study in the Influence of Neoplatonism in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Philosophy of Life as “Being and Gift”
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ISBN: 9781532641121

By
- Michael John Halsall
Publisher
- Pickwick Publications

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Language: English
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Category: Religion & Spirituality

This book invites readers into Tolkien's world through the lens of a variety of philosophers, all of whom owe a rich debt to the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition. It places Tolkien's mythology against a wider backdrop of Catholic philosophy and asks serious questions about the nature of creation, the nature of God, what it means to be good, and the problem of evil. Halsall sets Tolkien alongside both his contemporaries and ancient authors, revealing his careful use of literary devices inspired by them to craft his own "mythology for England."

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Ebook: 2 January 2020

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Creation and Beauty in Tolkien’s Catholic Vision: A Study in the Influence of Neoplatonism in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Philosophy of Life as “Being and Gift”

By
- Michael John Halsall
Publisher
- Pickwick Publications

Language: English
Format
Category: Religion & Spirituality

This book invites readers into Tolkien's world through the lens of a variety of philosophers, all of whom owe a rich debt to the Neoplatonic philosophical tradition. It places Tolkien's mythology against a wider backdrop of Catholic philosophy and asks serious questions about the nature of creation, the nature of God, what it means to be good, and the problem of evil. Halsall sets Tolkien alongside both his contemporaries and ancient authors, revealing his careful use of literary devices inspired by them to craft his own "mythology for England."

Release date

Ebook: 2 January 2020