The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Author(s): Roberto Arduini, Claudio Testi
Publisher: Walking Tree Publishers
Year: 2012

Language: English

Title page
Contents
Series Editor's Preface
List of Abbreviations
Preface, by V. Flieger
Introduction, by R. Arduini, C. A. Testi
Eulogy of Finitude: Anthropology, Eschatology and Philosophy of History in Tolkien, by F. A. Manni
Tolkien s Legendarium as a meditatio mortis, by C. A. Testi
Tolkien, Death and Time: the Fairy Story within the Picture, by R. Arduini
On the Edge of the Perilous Realm, by L. Gammarelli
The Wrong Path of the Sub-creator: from the Fall to the Machine and the Escape from Mortality, by A. Ladavas
"In the Mounds of Mundburg": Death, War and Memory in Middle-earth, by S. Bonechi
Death, Immortality and their Escapes: Memory and Longevity, by A. Monda
Logic and Theology in Tolkien's Thanatology, by C. A. Testi
A Misplaced Envy: Analogies and Differences between Elves and Men on the Idea of Pain, by G. Canzonieri
Bibliography
Index