Tolkien -tutkimus: O What Tangled Web (Walking Tree)

Tolkien-tutkimukseen erikoistuneen kustantajan Walking Treen kirja O What Tangled Web. Tolkien and Medieval Literature. A View from Poland. Ed. Barbara Kowalik. 2013. 196 sivua. Keskittyy siis Tolkien luomusten ja keskiajan kirjallisuuden suhteisiin. Uudenveroinen. Mukana kustantajan esite.

 

O What a Tangled Web
Tolkien and Medieval Literature
A View from Poland

Barbara Kowalik (editor)

Cormarë Series No. 29

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The nine articles of stimulating literary criticism collected in this volume view Tolkien's work from a variety of medieval perspectives: the device of entrelacement employed in Arthurian romances is used to throw light on the narrative design of The Lord of the Rings; the cultures of Middle-earth are described with the aid of medieval orality and literacy studies; the epic figure of the queen is recalled to reveal the significance of women in Tolkien's trilogy; the character of Éowyn is analyzed in terms of the epic warrior code and the romance chivalric ethos; the role of Elbereth is shown to correspond with the position of the Virgin Mary in the world of medieval believers; the nature of evil is explored through a comparison of Melkor to John Milton's Satan; allusions to medieval Icelandic sagas are detected in Tolkien's works for children; The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth is read in the light of The Battle of Maldon; and Tolkien's literary art is illuminated by way of his own critical essays on Beowulf and fairy-stories. Since all the contributors come from Poland, the phenomenon of Tolkien's prompt and enthusiastic Polish reception is briefly discussed in the introductory chapter.

 
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Table of contents

Barbara Kowalik
Introduction: Tolkien in Poland.
A Medievalist Liaison
1

Joanna Kokot
"O, what a tangled web we weave".
The Lord of the Rings and the Interlacement Technique
9
(abstract)

Bart?omiej B?aszkiewicz
Orality and Literacy in Middle-earth
29
(abstract)

Justyna Brzezi?ska
Rohan and the Social Codes of Heroic Epic and Chivalric Romance
47
(abstract)

Maria B?aszkiewicz
Tolkien's Queen Women in The Lord of the Rings
69
(abstract)

Barbara Kowalik
Elbereth the Star-Queen Seen in the Light of Medieval Marian Devotion
93
(abstract)

Katarzyna Blacharska
The Fallen: Milton's Satan and Tolkien's Melkor
115
(abstract)

Renata Le?niakiewicz-Drzyma?a
Berserkir, Bödvar Bjarki and the Dragon Fáfnir.
The Influence of Selected Medieval Icelandic Sagas on Tolkien's Works for Children
145
(abstract)

?ukasz Neubauer
'He has gone to God glory seeking': Tolkien's Critique of the Northern Courage and Rejection of the Traditional Heroic Ethos in "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son"
163
(abstract)

Andrzej Wicher
What Exactly Does Tolkien Argue for in "Beowulf:
The Monsters and the Critics?" An Attempt at a Metacriticism
179
(abstract)