- Hardcover: 104 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; 1st Edition edition (February 1981)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 039529469X
- ISBN-13: 978-0395294697
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 313 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #195,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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You have to know Professor Helms,
By one of several random reviewers (Chandler, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tolkien and the Silmarils (Hardcover)
I took a couple of courses from Professor Helms in the early 1990s, a good twenty or so years AFTER he wrote these books. What the reader has to know going into this work is that Professor Helms teaches a course on Biblical Backgrounds of Literature and has written a wonderful book entitled Gospel Fiction. Helms's slant is not Christian, per se, but he does analyze Tolkien through the lens of the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible. Plus, he is one of the greatest college professors I ever had.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
You have to know Professor Helms,
By one of several random reviewers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tolkien and the Silmarils (Hardcover)
I took a couple of courses from Professor Helms in the early 1990s, a good twenty or so years AFTER he wrote these books. What the reader has to know going into this work is that Professor Helms teaches a course on Biblical Backgrounds of Literature and has written a wonderful book entitled Gospel Fiction. Helms's slant is not Christian, per se, but he does analyze Tolkien through the lens of the New Testament and the Hebrew Bible. Plus, he is one of the greatest college professors I ever had.
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Tolkien and the Silmarils,
By K. Freeman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Tolkien and the Silmarils (Hardcover)
I'm afraid I found this literary study of the Silmarillion rather slight. It seemed focused on shoehorning the Bible into every aspect of the work, while mentioning only in passing or not at all influences such as Volsungssaga/Nibelungenlied, Voluspa, and classical myth.The most interesting aspect of the story for me, the tragedy of Feanor and his sons, is not the aspect which most interests Helms--very well. But an exegesis that offers no analysis of the Quenta's conclusion, the fates of Maedhros and Maglor, seems strange. Suffice to say I didn't get much out of this. |
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