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"Lord of the Rings": The Mythology of Power
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Product Description
An epic in league with those of Spenser and Malory, J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, begun during Hitler's rise to power, celebrates the insignificant individual as hero in the modern world. Jane Chance's critical appraisal of Tolkien's heroic masterwork explores its "mythology of power" - that is, how power, politics and language interact. Chance looks beyond the fantastic, self-contained world of Middle-earth to the 20th-century parallels presented in the trilogy.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #886982 in Books
- Published on: 2001-10-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 184 pages
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About the Author
Jane Chance is a professor of English at Rice University. She lives in Houston, Texas.
Customer Reviews
A Critical Mythology
I bought this book to aid me in a Foucauldian analysis of the trilogy for an undergrad course in english lit. It gave a refreshing dose of critical theory after the older critiqes I had read (collected essays etc.), giving a reading based implicitly around a Foucauldian notion of power. A very interesting read for anyone interested in Tolkien's mythology, however.
