TY - BOOK AU - Vaccaro,Christopher ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The body in Tolkien's legendarium: essays on Middle-earth corporeality AV - PR6039.O32 Z568 2013eb U1 - 823/.91209 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. KW - Fantasy fiction, English KW - History and criticism KW - Middle Earth (Imaginary place) KW - Human body in literature KW - Reality in literature KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "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"-- UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10752763 ER -