{"product_id":"tolkien-and-alterity-paperback","title":"Tolkien and Alterity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Vaccaro\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYvette Kisor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting collection of essays explores the role of the Other in Tolkien's fiction, his life, and the pertinent criticism. It critically examines issues of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, language, and identity in \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, \u003c\/i\u003e and lesser-known works by Tolkien. The chapters consider characters such as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Saruman, Éowyn, and the Orcs as well as discussions of how language and identity function in the source texts. The analysis of Tolkien's work is set against an examination of his life, personal writing, and beliefs. Each essay takes as its central position the idea that how Tolkien responds to that which is different, to that which is \"Other,\" serves as a register of his ethics and moral philosophy. In the aggregate, they provide evidence of Tolkien's acceptance of alterity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting collection of essays explores the role of the Other in Tolkien's fiction, his life, and the pertinent criticism. It critically examines issues of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, language, and identity in \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, \u003c\/i\u003e and lesser-known works by Tolkien. The chapters consider characters such as Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, Saruman, Éowyn, and the Orcs as well as discussions of how language and identity function in the source texts. The analysis of Tolkien's work is set against an examination of his life, personal writing, and beliefs. Each essay takes as its central position the idea that how Tolkien responds to that which is different, to that which is \"Other,\" serves as a register of his ethics and moral philosophy. In the aggregate, they provide evidence of Tolkien's acceptance of alterity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Vaccaro is Senior Lecturer at the University of Vermont, where he teaches on \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e, Tolkien, Old English language and literature, British literature surveys, and gender\/sexuality studies. He has published in the Tolkien-specific journal \u003ci\u003eMallorn\u003c\/i\u003e, is the editor of the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Body in Tolkien's Legendarium \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) and is currently working on a book-length project on \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvette Kisor is Professor of Literature at Ramapo College, where she teaches courses in medieval literature, early British literature, the history of the English language, and Tolkien. Her Tolkien publications appear in \u003ci\u003eMythlore \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Tolkien Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMLA Approaches to Teaching: J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Other Works, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. Her most recent publication is a co-authored book with Michael D.C. Drout et al, \u003ci\u003eBeowulf Unlocked: New Evidence from Lexomic Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335790280953,"sku":"9783319869858","price":53.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/SGdQbnA0VGF4dTFsZ1F3b1RDWEYvdz09.webp?v=1769663679","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tolkien-and-alterity-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}