Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien

By: Vaninskaya, Anna

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This book reveals the unique contribution made by the three founding fathers of British fantasy--Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien--to our culture's perennial reassessment of the meanings of time, death and eternity. It traces the poetic, philosophical and theological roots of the striking preoccupation with mortality and temporality that defines the imagined worlds of early fantasy fiction, and gives both the form of such fiction and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1137518375

ISBN13:9781137518378

Release Date:January 2020

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:262 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.3"

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