Tolkien. Light and Shadow - 7.1 - eBook

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Ten international essayists, edited by Giovanni Agnoloni, question the most important and memetic times of Tolkenian poetics and extrapolate the most significant aspects of the Professor of Oxford, usually.

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neglected by world exegesis.Light and Shadow are the basic themes of the work, which does not mean 'absolutes', but manifestations of reality. In other words, Light and Shadow are terms of reference for the rich and complex emotional material stimulated by the reading of Tolkien's works. Where one (the Shadow) reconnects with Fear, the other (the Light) is a reflection of that divine which is the source of inspiration for the entire work of the Oxford Professor, though never weighing (nor declaring itself explicitly) on his literary production.