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Tolkien's Mythic Meaning: Personal Encounters Through the Lord of the Rings
Perhaps you have read The Lord of the Rings multiple times because it is a captivating story. Maybe you experienced an awakening through the narrative that drew you back to Middle-earth again. Some have chosen to relive the journey from The Shire and back again because the adventure continues to bring new, unexpected clarity about life. Whatever the reason, the story was compelling enough for you to revisit those hundreds (and hundreds) of pages all over again. Tolkien's Mythic Meaning explores how and why. After J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit debuted in 1937, readers were so enchanted by Bilbo's adventures, they demanded more. It took Tolkien over a decade to write The Lord of the Rings--a monumental undertaking, but one well worth the time invested to produce something he perceived readers were desperately hungry for. Tolkien's Mythic Meaning demonstrates how Tolkien intentionally crafted The Lord of the Rings so that its narrative would mediate meaning to readers on a personal level, deeper than words.
Book Details
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Publish Date: May 27th, 2025
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.51in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9781725271982
- Categories: • Christian Theology - General• Subjects & Themes - Religious
About the Author
Gervel, Quinn A. J.: - Quinn A. J. Gervel is an independent scholar who has spent his career serving customers in the business world and students in higher education. He earned his MA from Wheaton College (Illinois) and PhD from The University of Manchester (UK). He lives in the southeast US with his lovely wife and three children. Each of them makes him smile.
Praise for this book
"Good storytelling captures the imagination. Quinn Gervel explores the metaphysical commitments of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings that still today draw readers into its imaginative world. Tolkien's Mythic Meaning makes clear why it matters that forms of being analogically participate in the Primary Reality of God's creative activity. This is a book of immense erudition and compelling imagination, which rekindles hope of sacramental enchantment."
--Hans Boersma, author of Heavenly Participation
"Great works of literature are alive. This is why they speak to us in new ways when we return to them. Few great works of literature are more alive than The Lord of the Rings. Gervel's book allows us to see and experience the life of Tolkien's masterpiece in ways that will enrich our own lives and perhaps even transform us into the fully alive beings that we are called to be."
--Joseph Pearce, author of Tolkien: Man and Myth
"Quinn Gervel addresses a question every Tolkien scholar must ask: 'Why have Tolkien's Middle-earth writings significantly changed the lives of so many people?' Gervel painstakingly examines the phenomena that drive the undeniable conversion-like experience so many have reading The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other works and presents grounds for embracing a religious explanation that can profit religious and irreligious alike. If more thorough consideration can be offered, I'd like to see it."
--Michael Elam, associate professor of English, Regent University
--Hans Boersma, author of Heavenly Participation
"Great works of literature are alive. This is why they speak to us in new ways when we return to them. Few great works of literature are more alive than The Lord of the Rings. Gervel's book allows us to see and experience the life of Tolkien's masterpiece in ways that will enrich our own lives and perhaps even transform us into the fully alive beings that we are called to be."
--Joseph Pearce, author of Tolkien: Man and Myth
"Quinn Gervel addresses a question every Tolkien scholar must ask: 'Why have Tolkien's Middle-earth writings significantly changed the lives of so many people?' Gervel painstakingly examines the phenomena that drive the undeniable conversion-like experience so many have reading The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other works and presents grounds for embracing a religious explanation that can profit religious and irreligious alike. If more thorough consideration can be offered, I'd like to see it."
--Michael Elam, associate professor of English, Regent University