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Books about the literary sources C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used in their writings
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C. S. Lewis and the Middle Ages by Robert BoenigISBN: 9781606351147
Publication Date: 2012-10-11
In C. S. Lewis and the Middle Ages, medievalist Robert Boenig explores Lewis's personal and professional engagement with medieval literature and culture and argues convincingly that medieval modes of creativity had a profound impact on Lewis's imaginative fiction. Using Lewis's private correspondence, scholarly books and articles, and creative writing, Boenig charts Lewis's involvement with all things medieval, demonstrating the importance of the Middle Ages in any assessment of Lewis's literary achievements.
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Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology by Verlyn FliegerISBN: 9780873388245
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
In Interrupted Music Flieger attempts to illuminate the structure of Tolkien's work, allowing the reader to appreciate its broad, overarching design and its careful, painstaking construction. In addition, Flieger reviews attempts at mythmaking in the history of English literature by Spenser, Milton, and Blake as well as by Joyce and Yeats. She reflects on the important differences between Tolkien and his predecessors and even more between Tolkien and his contemporaries.
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C. S. Lewis's List: The Ten Books that Influenced Him Most by David Werther (Editor); Susan Werther (Editor)ISBN: 9781628924138
Publication Date: 2015-04-09
In 1962, The Christian Century published C. S. Lewis's answer to the question, "What books did most to shape your vocational attitude and your philosophy of life?" Lewis responded with ten titles, ranging from Virgil's Aeneid to James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson and from George Herbert's The Temple to Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy. C. S. Lewis's List brings together experts on each of the ten books to discuss their significance for Lewis's life and work, illuminating his own writing through those he most admired.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-EarthISBN: 9781932236200
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth explains the religious symbolism and significance of Tolkien's Middle-earth stories and situation of Tolkien within the Christian humanist tradition represented by Thomas More and T.S. Eliot, Dante and C.S. Lewis.
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J. R. R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: Views of Middle-Earth by George Clark; Daniel TimmonsISBN: 9780313308451
Publication Date: 2000-09-30
This book corrects a striking imbalance in Tolkien scholarship by placing his works within a larger literary context. The volume ranges over the entire history of English literature, including oral narrative tradition, Anglo-Saxon poetry, medieval romance, Renaissance poetics, 19th-century adventure stories, modern art, and contemporary fantasy. Each chapter is written by an expert contributor who demonstrates Tolkien's relation to an earlier literary movement and examines the literary resonances of his works.
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