The Mirror of Desire Unbidden

Name: The Mirror of Desire Unbidden
Brand: Peter Lang
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By Costabile, Giovanni Carmine

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The Mirror of Desire Unbidden: Retrieving the Imago Dei in Tolkien and Late Medieval English Literature sets Tolkien's theory of Fantasy against the backdrop of Western history of phantasia, all the way back to the Biblical image of God and the Hellenic concept of phantasm. The historical change into the judgment of the imaginative faculty shaped Christianity in associating fantasy with adultery. The emergence of the fantastic, Arthurian Legend, and Courtly Love in the 12th century might appear a countertendency, but Tolkien rather follows authors like Chaucer and the Gawain-Poet in their refusal of adultery. An investigation into the subject affords to clarify Tolkien's poetics and his theology, finalized to the retrieval of the female Imago Dei.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 422
Release Date:: 2024-06-28
Publication Date:: 2024-06-28
Publisher:: Peter Lang
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3631918577
ISBN13:: 9783631918579
Weight:: 655 g
Height:: 153 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 28 cm

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