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dc.contributor.authorRyan, John Sprotten
local.source.editorEditor(s): Zimbardo, Rose A and Isaacs, Neil D.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-30T16:44:00Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.citationUnderstanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism, p. 106-121en
dc.identifier.isbn061842251Xen
dc.identifier.isbn9780618422531en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1225-
dc.description.abstractLike R.J. Rielly, J.S. Ryan is concerned to examine Tolkien’s conceptions of myth, fairy tale, and “sub-creation.” Therefore, this essay may profitably be read in conjunction with that which precedes it. Ryan’s focus, however, is upon Tolkien’s criticism. The seminal essay “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” according to Ryan, illuminates Tolkien’s conception of the nature of folktale and its function in designing the “mythical mode of imagination.” Ryan also explores ‘Tree and Leaf,’ which, in addition to containing the important essay “On Fairy-Stories,” provides a useful example of what a fairy tale should be, “Leaf by Niggle.” In considering the crucial significance of Tolkien’s work as a philologist in the formation of his art, Ryan examines as well the place of language in Tolkien’s conception of tale and its role within the whole realm to which mythical imagination gives access. Tolkien thought of classes of languages as trees and of particular languages as their branches. A story is a leaf on the tree, a “net of words” that attempts to catch Faёrie; the tree is a mass of tales; and the whole forest is a manifestation of time’s continuous unfolding.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherHoughton Mifflin Companyen
dc.relation.ispartofUnderstanding the Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticismen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titleFolktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Storyen
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsLiterary Studiesen
local.contributor.firstnameJohn Sprotten
local.subject.for2008200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classifieden
local.identifier.epublicationsvtls086319298en
local.subject.seo751001 Languages and literatureen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjryan@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordpes:2077en
local.publisher.placeBoston, United States of Americaen
local.identifier.totalchapters14en
local.format.startpage106en
local.format.endpage121en
local.contributor.lastnameRyanen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleFolktale, Fairy Tale, and the Creation of a Storyen
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an25393992en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=688971en
local.relation.urlhttp://books.google.com.au/books?id=GEWXQbASXZUC&printsec=frontcover#PPA106,M1en
local.search.authorRyan, John Sprotten
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local.year.published2004en
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