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Aspects Of The Fall In The Silmarillion, Eric Schweicher
Aspects Of The Fall In The Silmarillion, Eric Schweicher
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
This paper begins with an analysis of the evolution of the Fall in the Western tradition, which will be compared with its image in Middle-earth. The Ainulindalë and the Quenta Silmarillion will be examined to show how Vala, Elf, Dwarf, and Man fall into corruption, and the consequences of this fall.
Higher Argument: Tolkien And The Tradition Of Vision, Epic And Prophecy, Dierdre Greene
Higher Argument: Tolkien And The Tradition Of Vision, Epic And Prophecy, Dierdre Greene
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
This paper attempts to place Tolkien’s fiction in a distinctively English literary context: a tradition of visionary writing which strives toward national epic, existing from Spenser through Milton (and in certain respects, Blake) to Tolkien.