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Tweaking Things a Little. Essays on the Epic Fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien and G.R.R. Martin

English · Paperback / Softback

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"World-building, name-finding, language-crafting; the flaws in chivalric practice, and the ethics (Machiavellian and otherwise) that produce the moral complexities of Middle-earth and the Known World are thus the topics that Tweaking Things a Little considers. The modest title belies what lies within these covers: nimble readings, profound knowledge of the medieval world, original and provocative reading of both books and the TV show await the reader here. Pointing both back in time to the medieval underpinnings of Tolkien's creation and outwards to the contemporary world that informs Martin's pragmatic and politically astute thinking, these essays enthral, astonish and challenge. Best of all, they encourage us to journey back into Middle-earth and the Known World, with newly opened eyes and ears, to rediscover their wonders anew."
Carolyne Larrington, Professor of Medieval European Literature (University of Oxford), author of Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of 'Game of Thrones' (2015) and All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in 'Game of Thrones' (2021).

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Thomas Honegger is Professor for English Medieval Studies at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena (Germany).

Product details

Authors Thomas Honegger
Publisher Walking Tree Publishers
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.07.2023
 
EAN 9783905703504
ISBN 978-3-905703-50-4
No. of pages 466
Dimensions 156 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
Weight 702 g
Series Cormarë
Subject Fiction > Poetry, drama

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