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Author: Thomas M. Honegger Publisher: ISBN: 9783905703351 Category : Languages : en Pages : 262
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"It is precisely against the darkness of the world that comedy arises, and it is best when that is not hidden." JRRT to R. Unwin Just like Tolkien's first reviewer, academic studies have tended to overlook the presence of humour in Tolkien's work and the effect of his work to inspire humour. This volume more than compensates for this oversight.
Author: Thomas M. Honegger Publisher: ISBN: 9783905703351 Category : Languages : en Pages : 262
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"It is precisely against the darkness of the world that comedy arises, and it is best when that is not hidden." JRRT to R. Unwin Just like Tolkien's first reviewer, academic studies have tended to overlook the presence of humour in Tolkien's work and the effect of his work to inspire humour. This volume more than compensates for this oversight.
Author: Tom Shippey Publisher: Reaktion Books ISBN: 1780239505 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 544
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Laughing Shall I Die explores the Viking fascination with scenes of heroic death. The literature of the Vikings is dominated by famous last stands, famous last words, death songs, and defiant gestures, all presented with grim humor. Much of this mindset is markedly alien to modern sentiment, and academics have accordingly shunned it. And yet, it is this same worldview that has always powered the popular public image of the Vikings—with their berserkers, valkyries, and cults of Valhalla and Ragnarok—and has also been surprisingly corroborated by archaeological discoveries such as the Ridgeway massacre site in Dorset. Was it this mindset that powered the sudden eruption of the Vikings onto the European scene? Was it a belief in heroic death that made them so lastingly successful against so many bellicose opponents? Weighing the evidence of sagas and poems against the accounts of the Vikings’ victims, Tom Shippey considers these questions as he plumbs the complexities of Viking psychology. Along the way, he recounts many of the great bravura scenes of Old Norse literature, including the Fall of the House of the Skjoldungs, the clash between the two great longships Ironbeard and Long Serpent, and the death of Thormod the skald. One of the most exciting books on Vikings for a generation, Laughing Shall I Die presents Vikings for what they were: not peaceful explorers and traders, but warriors, marauders, and storytellers.
Author: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9780780715462 Category : Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Languages : en Pages : 0
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The first form of the myths and legends in Tolkien's conception of the Middle Kingdom features the adventures of Eriol, and the tales of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the dragon, the necklace of the dwarves, and the fall of Gondolin.
Author: Martin Simonson Publisher: ISBN: 9783905703344 Category : Languages : en Pages : 256
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Tolkien's portrayal of nature in Middle-earth has been interpreted in a variety of ways, often depending on the context of the reading. Some have seen Middle-earth and its potential destroyer, the Ring, as an allegory of the European continent under the threat of the atomic bomb, while others have embraced it as an artistic expression of the Green movement's agenda in the face of industrial abuse. Some have read nature in Tolkien's work in terms of myth and religion; yet others take the exhaustive descriptions of the physical environment as a sign that Middle-earth itself is the central protagonist of the stories. All in all, nature in Middle-earth plays a crucial role not only in the creation of atmospheres and settings that enhance the realism as well as the emotional appeal of the secondary world; it also acts as an active agent of change within the setting and the story. This collection of essays explores Middle-earth as an ecological entity, a scene for metaphysical speculation, an arboreal depository of cultural memory and a reflection of real-world natural and imperialistic processes.
Author: Jonathan Carroll Publisher: Orb Books ISBN: 031270089X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 255
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Have you ever loved a magical book above all others? Have you ever wished the magic were real? Welcome to The Land of Laughs. A novel about how terrifying that would be. Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner. What he knows is that in his whole life nothing has touched him so deeply as the novels of Marshall France, a reclusive author of fabulous children's tales who died at forty-four. Now Thomas and Saxony have come to France's hometown, the dreamy Midwestern town of Galen, Missouri, to write France's biography. Warned in advance that France's family may oppose them, they're surprised to find France's daughter warmly welcoming instead. But slowly they begin to see that something fantastic and horrible is happening. The magic of Marshall France has extended far beyond the printed page...leaving them with a terrifying task to undertake. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Zina Sutch Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers ISBN: 1523093234 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 172
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Leadership has for too long been treated as a function and not as a relationship. Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone argue that successful leadership must be based on love (altruism and empathy) and laughter (positive emotions and joy). Science tells us that humans are deeply wired for empathy and compassion and that our emotional selves help us make better decisions and motivate others. However, the tactics we use to train leaders bear little reflection of these advancements; we're still creating competent but emotionally distant leaders who “manage human assets” and lead by setting goals, deadlines, and deliverables. Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone hope to flip a light switch and illuminate, above all else, that leadership begins with heart and soul. Too many training programs reduce leadership to an equation, matrix, or acronym. But leadership is a relationship. It's one human helping another. The most successful leaders show they genuinely care about their employees and are, well, fun. It's just like any relationship. In seven succinct chapters, the authors show that people lead best when they tap into their genetically driven human nature to love and nurture, connect and trust. Leading with love and laughter offers powerful dividends: tighter teams, stronger performance, improved morale, greater trust, more creativity, and even better health. While Sutch and Malone cite the science and offer examples, tips, and practices, their larger purpose is to reintroduce the warmth of human interaction and emotion as the foundation of what leadership is all about.
Author: Corey Olsen Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 054773946X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 333
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An insightful companion volume to the original classic designed to bring a thorough and unique new reading of "The Hobbit" to a general audience written by the host of the popular podcast "The Tolkien Professor.O
Author: Janka Kaščáková Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing ISBN: 1443826111 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 160
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One wonders whether there really is a need for another volume of essays on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. Clearly there is. Especially when the volume takes new directions, employs new approaches, focuses on different texts, or reviews and then challenges received wisdom. This volume intends to do all that. The entries on sources and analogues in The Lord of the Rings, a favorite topic, are still able to take new directions. The analyses of Tolkien’s literary art, less common in Tolkien criticism, focus on character—especially that of Tom Bombadil—in which two different conclusions are reached. But characterization is also seen in the light of different literary techniques, motifs, and symbols. A unique contribution examines the place of linguistics in Tolkien’s literary art, employing Gricean concepts in an analysis of The Lay of the Children of Húrin. And a quite timely essay presents a new interpretation of Tolkien’s attitude toward the environment, especially in the character of Tom Bombadil. In sum, this volume covers new ground, and treads some well-worn paths; but here the well-worn path takes a new turn, taking not only scholars but general readers further into the complex and provocative world of Middle-earth, and beyond.
Author: William Richard Blydenburgh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fantasy fiction, English Languages : en Pages : 105
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"This study shows how humour is not only an important tool in the sub-creation of Middle-earth, but also demonstrates humour's many similarities to the fantasy Tolkien theorised. Humour, its sources and its manifestations, aids in creating a believable ideological framework in building a convincing secondary world. Riddles, jokes, and laughter create communal atmosphere and feeling of belonging, even when a physical environment is alien to us. Comrades, especially in anxiety-inducing situations, together subcreate a reality of their choosing. The humour in Tolkien's narrative art, like 'fantasy', offers recovery, consolation, and escape. My aim in this thesis is to give humour, a rarely discussed aspect of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the attention it deserves. I explain how his subtly humorous effects are achieved, and to show what they contribute to the overall design of the sequence of four novels which narrate the story of the Hobbits' contribution to the history of Middle-earth. In particular, my interest in this thesis is in determining where the comic effects of these books, whether 'latent' or actively funny, fit in the grand design of Tolkien's two most popular works of fantasy. By using Tolkien's own theory alongside narrative, humour, riddles, jokes, and laughter I explore the reciprocal relationship between fantasy and humour. Historical information will be used to a sketch the 'Englishness' of the Hobbits, an important transplantation of personality from our world to Middle-earth, which has since been identified with and claimed by cultures around the world. Additional insight will be gained through the union of Tolkien criticism with theories of literature, humour, riddles, jokes, and laughter. The first chapter of my thesis, 'Humour', analyses the sources of humour in Middleearth and its situational usages. The second chapter, 'Riddles', shows how the riddles of Middle-earth, embodiments of humour, emulate the ways we perceive and interpret our physical and spiritual realities. The third chapter, 'Jokes and Laughter', looks at the magical power of words in Tolkien's work, the joke's relation to this concept, and laughter's role in divinity, truth, and the moral landscape of Middle-earth".
Author: Thomas M. Honegger
Author: Thomas M. Honegger
Author: Tom Shippey
Author: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Author: Harvard Lampoon
Author: Martin Simonson
Author: Jonathan Carroll
Author: Zina Sutch
Author: Corey Olsen
Author: Janka Kaščáková
Author: William Richard Blydenburgh