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Ents, elves, and Eriador : the environmental vision of J.R.R. Tolkien /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickerson, Matthew T., 1963-
Other Authors: Evans, Jonathan D. (Jonathan Duane), 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]
Subjects:
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Criticism and interpretation.
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Knowledge > Environmental sciences.
Environmental literature > History and criticism.
Ecocriticism.
Environmentalism.
Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
Human ecology in literature.
Nature in literature.
Ecology in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Varda, Yavanna, and the value of creation
  • Gandalf, stewardship, and tomorrow's weather
  • Hobbits and the agrarian society of the Shire
  • Horticulture and the aesthetic of the elves
  • Woods, wildness, and the feraculture of the ents
  • The necessity of margins in Middle-Earth's mingled ecologies
  • The ecology of Ham, Niggles' Parish, and Wootton Major
  • Three faces of Mordor
  • Rousing the Shire
  • Environmentalism, transcendence, and action.