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The lords of the West : cloaking, freedom and the divine narrative in Tolkien's poetics

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Date
01/10/2019
Author
Pezzini, Giuseppe
Keywords
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord of the Rings
‘On Fairy Stories’
Fantasy
Literature and theology
Literature and freedom
Allegory
PR English literature
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Abstract
The article aims (1) to investigate the hidden divine narrative in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, that is the agency of divine characters in and on the story, whose presence appears to other, non-divine characters only in ‘cloaked’ or ‘glimpsed’ form; (2) to discuss the reasons for the concealing of this narrative (and of divine presence in general), which is revealed as a key feature of Tolkien’s literary technique and poetics. The article analyses both literary and non-literary sources, arguing that the Creator’s love for the freedom of His creatures is the main reason accounting for this ‘cloaking’ and this ‘glimpsing’, both within Tolkien’s sub-created, ‘secondary’ world and the ‘primary’ reality to which he belongs.
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Pezzini , G 2019 , ' The lords of the West : cloaking, freedom and the divine narrative in Tolkien's poetics ' , Journal of Inklings Studies , vol. 9 , no. 2 , pp. 115-153 . https://doi.org/10.3366/ink.2019.0042
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Journal of Inklings Studies
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3366/ink.2019.0042
ISSN
2045-8797
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2019. Edinburgh University Press. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.3366/ink.2019.0042
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18378

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