The high hallow : Tolkien's liturgical imagination /

"The Lord of the Rings (and Tolkien's myth as a whole) is the product of an imagination seeped in liturgical prayer. In the course of its argument, the Ben Reinhard examines the liturgical pieties that governed Tolkien's life from childhood to old age, the ways in which the liturgy co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reinhard, Ben (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Steubenville, Ohio : Emmaus Road Publishing, 2025.
Subjects:	Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Criticism and interpretation. Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism. Fiction > Religious aspects. Liturgy and literature. Liturgie et littérature. Fantasy fiction, English.

Table of Contents:

A liturgical life
Faerie and liturgy
From daybreak to evening : faerie and liturgical renewal
Tolkien's liturgical cosmos : the role of worship in Middle-Earth
Éalá Éarandel : Advent, the calendar, and Tolkien's world
Paschal patterns in The Lord of the Rings
The horns of hope : on Tolkien's achievement
The domestic church : family life and Tolkien's imagination.