The Power of the Ring : the Spiritual Vision Behind the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
Digging deep into J.R.R. Tolkien's spiritual biography-his religious scholarship and his love of both Christian and pagan myth-Stratford Caldecott offers a critical study of how the acclaimed author effectively created a vivid Middle Earth using the familiar rites and ceremonies of human history. And while readers and moviegoers alike may appreciate the fantasy world of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, few know that in life, Tolkien was a devout Roman Catholic and that the characters, the events, and the general mora
eBook, English, 2012
2nd ed
The Crossroad Publishing Company, Chicago, 2012