The Broken Scythe
The Broken Scythe: Death and Immortality in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien is a collection of essays about J.R.R. Tolkien. It was published as No. 26 in the Cormarë Series.
Contents
- Preface
- — by Verlyn Flieger
- Introduction
- — by Roberto Arduini & Claudio A. Testi
- "A Eulogy of Finitude: Anthropology, Eschatology and Philosophy of History in Tolkien"
- — by Franco Manni
- "Tolkien's Legendarium as a meditatio mortis"
- — by Claudio A. Testi
- "Tolkien, Death and Time: the Fairy Story within the Picture"
- — by Roberto Arduini
- "On the Edge of the Perilous Realm"
- — by Lorenzo Gammarelli
- "The Wrong Path of the Sub-creator: from the Fall to the Machine and the Escape from Mortality"
- — by Alberto Ladavas
- "'In the Mounds of Mundburg': Death, War and Memory in Middle-earth"
- — by Simone Bonechi
- "Death, Immortality and their Escapes: Memory and Longevity"
- — by Andrea Monda
- "Logic and Theology in Tolkien's Thanatology"
- — by Claudio A. Testi
- "A Misplaced Envy: Analogies and Differences between Elves and Men on the Idea of Pain"
- by Giampaolo Canzonieri
Referencias
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