The body in Tolkien's legendarium essays on Middle-earth corporeality / [electronic resource] :
edited by Christopher Vaccaro.
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013.
- vii, 190 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. The transformation of the body -- pt. II. The body and the spirit -- pt. III. The discursive body -- pt. IV. The body and the source material.
"The timely collection of essays is thematically unified around the subject of corporeality. Its theoretical underpinnings emerge out of feminist, foucauldian, patristic and queer hermeneutics. While Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is central to most analyses, authors also cover The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and material in The History of Middle-earth"--
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.
Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism. Middle Earth (Imaginary place) Human body in literature. Reality in literature.