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The origins of this collection, and of the whole Tolkien and the Classics project, are twofold. First, there is the ever-growing awareness of the importance of making scholars and critics realize how much J.R.R. Tolkien is, in all respects, a great literary classic, comparable to those already accepted as 'canonical'. Second, the desire to offer a publication that could be enjoyed, and made actual use of, by students and teachers of secondary ...

Tolkien and Philosophy" is a theme that has not yet been studiedwith the "philological" accuracy and the textual knowledge that arerequired to avoid squeezing the Professor's works inside conceptualframeworks that, rather than exposing their intrinsic value, risklosing both their profound meaning and their inherent beauty.What is the relationship between Tolkien's work and Philosophy?The question, if taken seriously, is by no means trivial. Fo...

What is the central theme of The Lord of the Rings? J.R.R. Tolkien's answer to this apparently simple question may surprise some readers: "I do not think that even Power or Domination is the real centre of my story [...] The real theme for me is about something much more permanent and difficult: Death and Immortality" (Letters no. 186). Despite this very clear statement, only a small number of published studies have focused on these two themes...