Fantasies of Time and Death: Dunsany, Eddison, Tolkien

By: Vaninskaya, Anna

This book reveals the unique contribution made by the three founding fathers of British fantasy-Lord Dunsany, E. R. Eddison and J. R. R. Tolkien-to our culture's perennial reassessment of the meanings of time, death and eternity. It traces the poetic, philosophical and theological roots of the striking preoccupation with mortality and temporality that defines the imagined worlds of early fantasy fiction, and gives both the form of such fiction and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137518375
• ISBN13: 9781137518378
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.3"