Splintered Light

Logos and Language in Tolkien's World

By: Verlyn Flieger (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 January 2002 | Edition Number 2

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J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during, and after Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A collection of stories, it provides information alluded to in Tolkien's better known works and, in doing so, turns The Lord of the Rings into much more than a sequel to The Hobbit, making it instead a continuation of the mythology of Middle-earth. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of Splintered Light, a classic study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Flieger demonstrates Tolkien's use of Barfield's concept throughout the fiction, showing how his central image of primary light splintered and refracted acts as a metaphor for the languages, peoples, and history of Middle-earth.

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Semantics & Discourse Analysis General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1900 to Current

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
A Man of Antitheses	p. 1
Dyscatastrophe	p. 11
Eucatastrophe	p. 21
Poetic Diction and Splintered Light	p. 33
Fantasy and Phenomena	p. 45
Splintered Light and Splintered Being	p. 49
Theme and Variations	p. 57
A Disease of Mythology	p. 67
Perception = Name = Identity	p. 73
Ourselves as Others See Us	p. 81
Amazing wine and cellar doors	p. 87
Light and Heat	p. 97
Making versus Hoarding	p. 107
Light Out of Darkness	p. 119
Beyond the Music	p. 127
Light for Light	p. 132
Beren and Thingol	p. 139
The Smallest Fragment	p. 147
Filled with Clear Light	p. 155
One Good Custom	p. 167
Afterword	p. 175
Notes	p. 177
Works Consulted	p. 183
Index	p. 185
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