TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flieger,Verlyn
TI  - Splintered light: logos and language in Tolkien's world
SN  - 9780873387446 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 823.912 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Kent, Ohio
PB  - Kent State University Press
KW  - Tolkien, J. R. R.
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - England
KW  - Fantasy fiction, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Light and darkness in literature
KW  - Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
KW  - Language
KW  - Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
KW  - Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
KW  - English
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Fantasy
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - Ireland
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index
N2  - Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of "Splintered Light", a 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; 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
ER  -