Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians. The Fantasy of the Real. By Alison Milbank
The centre of this interesting (and—although the author cannot be blamed for this—overpriced) short study is Tolkien rather than Chesterton, the aim being to demonstrate the influence of Chesterton's poetics on Tolkien, to offer a literary reading of Tolkien, and then to establish how in Tolkie...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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Literature and theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 248-252 |
| Review of: | Chesterton and Tolkien as theologians (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark, 2007) (Murdoch, Brian)
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| Summary: | The centre of this interesting (and—although the author cannot be blamed for this—overpriced) short study is Tolkien rather than Chesterton, the aim being to demonstrate the influence of Chesterton's poetics on Tolkien, to offer a literary reading of Tolkien, and then to establish how in Tolkien ‘literature is shown to perform theology’ (p. viii). The book originated as a series of lectures, and there are places in which that original form could well have been tightened up or the references checked. On the other hand, the directness implied by the form mean that the reader will frequently want to suggest new material (which might either reinforce or indeed destabilise the argument). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frn020 |