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Finalmente Pubblicati Gli Atti Del Convegno Di Birmingham! Finalmente pubblicati gli Atti del Convegno di Birmingham! The Ring Goes Ever On: Proceedings of the Tolkien 2005 Conference celebrating 50 Years of The Lord of the Rings, 2 vv., edited by Sarah Wells, was published by The Tolkien Society at Coventry at the end of September 2008. Gli Atti sono in due volume inseparabili per un totale di 837 pagine in formato A4. In undici sezioni vi sono 98 saggi di 95 differenti autori. Le voci dell’indice analitico sono 1.800 Per ordinarli: sul sito web della Tolkien Society con carta di credito Contenuti Section One: Tolkien's Life The Ace Copyright Affair Nancy Martsch "As under a green sea": visions of war in the Dead Marshes John Garth Invented, Borrowed, and Mixed Myths in the "kinds of books we want to read" Sharin Schroeder The Complexity of Tolkien's Attitude Towards the Second World War Franco Manni and Simone Bonechi Romantic Conservatives: The Inklings in Their Political Context Charles A. Coulombe We Had Nothing to Say to One Another — J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams, Another Look Eric Rauscher On Tolkien, and Williams, and Tolkien on Williams Richard Sturch. Section Two: Tolkien's Literary Achievement Containment and Progression in J.R.R. Tolkien's World Marjorie Burns Approaching Reality in The Lord of the Rings Andrea Ulrich Tolkien as a Benchmark of Comparative Literature — Middle-earth in Our World Giovanni Agnoloni From Beowulf to Post-modernism: Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching of J.R.R.Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Robin Anne Reid and Judy Ann Ford The Great Questions Ella van Wyk Unlocking Supplementary Events in the Dreams, Visions, and Prophesies of J.R.R. Tolkien's Work Catherine Hefferan-Hays Iron Crown, Iron Cage: Tolkien and Weber on Modernity and Enchantment Patrick Curry Life as a Shared Story: Narrative Freedom in The Lord of the Rings Tanya Glofcheskie Descriptions of Nature in The Lord of the Rings: Outline of a method for analysis Tanya Glofcheskie J.R.R.Tolkien: Our Post-modern Contemporary Ralph C. Wood Tolkien, the author and the critic: Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth and The Lord of the Rings Vincent Ferré Tolkien: A Man of His Time? Anna Vaninskaya Section Three: Tolkien in Other Lands Tolkien's Legacy in Brazil Thomaz Brasil The Polish Story of The Lord of the Rings Anna Dabkkowska The Translation of Tolkien's work into Spanish and Catalan Helios De Rosario-Martínez Place Names in the Italian Translation of The Lord of the Rings Roberto Arduini and Raffaella Benvenuto Russian Followers of J.R.R.Tolkien Natalya Prilutskaya Section Four: Other Voices J.R.R.Tolkien and Alexander Grin: Two Literary "Cults" in the USSR and Post-Soviet Russia. Nataliya Oryshchuk The Hunt for the One Tolkien Wolfgang Penetsdorfer Tolkien and Moorcock: Achieving literary depth through vertical and horizontal explorations of time David Emerson After the Inklings Charles Butler Tolkien in fiction Colin Duriez Section Five: The Telling of Tales: Myth and Storytelling Across No Man's Land Ian Russell Lowell Tolkien and Universality Kate Karegeorgi "Tell Them Stories": The Consciousness of Myth in Tolkien and Pullman Kristina Sepe Storytelling in the White Council Rosana Rios Putting the Paratext in Context Allan Turner Section Six: Tolkien's People The concept of masculinity in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Beatriz Domínguez Ruiz Frodo's Temptation, Frodo's Failure Douglas Charles Rapier Tolkien's "Love Triangle": Aragorn's Relationships with Êowyn and Arwen Romuald (Ronnie) Ian Lakowski The Riddle of Strider: A Cognitive Linguistic Reading Melody Green Male Friendship in The Lord of the Rings: Medievalism, the First World War, and Contemporary Rewritings Anna Smol The Time That Is Given To Us: Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage in The Lord of the Rings Nicole Topham Transfigured Sadness: Characterizations of Sadness in The Lord of the Rings David Weber The War Within: Frodo as Sacrificial Hero Constance G.J. Wagner Galadriel and Her Lovers Beth Russell The Fallacies of Power: Frodo's Resistance to the Ring Judith Klinger Courage and the Ability to Adapt Lynnette R. Porter Section Seven: Tolkien's Legacy Why Is Tolkien So Popular? Nils Ivar Agøy Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings: An Inspiration for Education and Study Worldwide Patty Howerton Tolkien's Middle-earth: Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators Patty Howerton Teaching Tolkien Mike Foster The Fantasy Genre and its Characteristics Miriam Glasser Section Eight: Theology and the Nature of Good and Evil The Everlasting Hobbit: Perspectives on the Human in Tolkien's Mythos Donald T. Williams Divine presence and providence in The Lord of the Rings Davide Cattaneo Fellowship and the Rings: An Ecumenical Approach to Tolkien Greg Wright The Pagan Tolkien Ronald Hutton Satan and The Silmarillion: John Milton's Angelic Decline in J.R.R. Tolkien's Melkor Zach Watkins Mortality and Immortality: A panel discussion on "Mortality and Immortality" Zach Watkins Catholic "contrafactura" of myth in some J.R.R. Tolkien's writings Pedro Ángeles-Ruiz (UNAM) Tolkien and Christianity Beppe Roncari and Davide Cattaneo The Underworld in Tolkien's Novel The Lord of the Rings Dean Slavic Different concepts of evil in The Lord of the Rings? Thomas Fornet-Ponse I Pity Even His Slaves: Tolkien and the Theology of Evil Tim McKenzie Hobbits, Tolkien, and God: Writing Eucatastrophe and the Problem of Evil Jill Delsigne Section Nine: Tolkien's Sources How much does Tolkien owe to the work of George MacDonald? Colin Manlove Immortality and the death of love: J.R.R. Tolkien and Simone de Beauvoir Renée Vink Influences of the Kalevala in The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Sash Uusjärv Which story, I wonder? said Gandalf… Was Tolkien the real Ring-thief? Michael Scott Rohan Tolkien's writings in Old Germanic languages Maria Artamanova Hobbit Names Aren't From Kentucky David Bratman Some possible origins of the Stewards of Gondor Murray Smith Sir Gawain's Pentangle Joe R. Christopher Reluctant Warrior: Tolkien's conflicted language in The Lord of the Rings Christina Fawcett William Morris's influence on J.R.R.Tolkien Jessica Yates Section Ten: Middle-earth at the Movies Peter Jackson and Tolkien's Catholicism LeiLani Hinds Implicit and Explicit Treatments of Catholic Imagery in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Jackson's Film Trilogy DawnEllen Jacobs Peregrin's "Journey in the Dark": Jackson's Substitution in Agency Lance Weldy One Ring to Rule Them All: Power and Surveillance in the Film Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings Cherylynn Silvia Eyeing Sauron: Tolkien in the language of film Gwydion M. Williams Songs of Innocence and Experience: Tolkien at the Movies Christopher Garbowski Logos, the Silver Path to The Lord of the Rings: The Word in Novel and Film Writing Maggie Fernandes Tolkien's Books and Peter Jackson's Films Martin Barker Section Eleven: Tolkien's World A Fund of Wise Sayings: Proverbiality in Tolkien Tom Shippey From Conqueror to Citizen: Tolkien's Fantastic Ecology Luke Niiler J.R.R. Tolkien's Love of Words The Revelatory Nature of Tolkien's Aphorisms in The Lord of the Rings Charles E. Bressler Crossing the Threshold: Doors and Other Passageways in Tolkien's Words and Images C. Riley Auge` Two Legs Bad, Four Legs Good, Eight Legs Evil? Ian Russell Lowell The Problem of Machine Technology in The Lord of the Rings Natalya Prilutskaya Frozen Nature: Abiding Technology in Tolkien's World Michael J. Colvin Numbers in Tolkien Christopher Kreuzer Material Culture and Materiality in Middle-earth: Tolkien and Archaeology Dimitra Fimi Influence of Climate on Myth: Tolkien's Theory and Practice Rhona Beare The Question of the "Round Arda": An Abandoned Idea, or Another Perspective on Tolkien's Legendarium Michal Lesniewski "I will [not] serve the master of the Precious": Bataille's Economy in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Benjamin Rollins Dealing with Elvish Languages Carolina A. Panero Niggle's picture – Parish's Garden: Gardens in Tolkien's Work Christian Weichmann The loss of the Entwives: the biological dimension of gender construction in The Lord of the Rings Margarita Carretero-González Tolkien and Nature Anna Adamczyk "Nifrodel" A Little Earth of His Own: Tolkien's Lunar Creation Myths Kristine Larsen Indice Analitico 11th Lancashire Ainulindalë America Andúril Annúminas Fusiliers Ainur America – myth Anfauglith Anselm, St. A la recherche du Ainur – Music of & folklore Angband anthropology temps perdu Akallabêth American Civil Angband – Siege anti-modernism Abraham War Aladdin of Aotrou Ace Books American Alboin Errol Anglo-Saxon aphorism Achilles copyright Aldarion Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse Ackerman, American Chronicle Aldelmus, St. Tolkien Society Apollo Forrest Anglo-Saxon Act of Settlement Alexander I Amon Hen England Apollo (space mission) Acton, Lord Alexander III of Amon Lhaw Anglo-Saxon Scots Appendices Adunaic Amon Rudh literature Alexander the Amon Sûl Anglo-Saxon Aquinas, Thomas Adventures of Great Tom Bombadil anabasis poetry Aragorn allegory Æger Anar Anglo-Saxon Aragorn – Allen & Unwin riddles Elessar Aegnor Anarchy Alliata di Anglo-Saxons Aragorn – Ælfwine Anárion Villafranca, Angmar, Witch Thorongil Aeneas Vittoria Ancalagon the King of Aragorn – Trotter Black Aeneid alliteration Animal Farm Aratar Ancalimë Aesop Alqualondë Annals of Aman Arawn Ancrene Wisse Africa Aman Annals of Arcadia Africa – Myth & Amandil Anderson, Beleriand Douglas A. archaeology folklore Annals of Ambar archaeology – Andreth Valinor Aglarond Ambarkanta industrial Anduin Anne, Queen agriculture Ambrose,
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