{"product_id":"germanic-heroes-courage-and-fate-northern-narratives-of-jrr-tolkiens-legendarium-9783905703498","title":"Germanic Heroes, Courage, and Fate: Northern Narratives of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe theory of Northern Courage was J.R.R. Tolkien's designation for the heroic ethos found in 'Germanic' or Northern heroic lays and epics. Tolkien admired the nobility of the old heroes, such as Beowulf, but wrestled with the inherent cruelty of the Welands, Ingelds, and Gunnars that is also expressed within this heroic framework. This volume explores the means in which this conflict of nobility and cruelty, virtue and vice, expresses itself in Tolkien's narrative fiction. Such means include the use of secondary-world chroniclers narrating a secondary-world history and tales to a secondary-world audience through illustrative narratives that dramatize the moral and ideological views of the narrators themselves. The narratives are often tragic, but they serve to highlight the different aspects of Northern courage through the examples of the Fingolfians, Fëanorians, and subsequently the Edain and Dúnedain. The moral and ideological views expressed by these secondary-world narrators parallel Tolkien's own personal correspondence and academic essays, which also criticized the vices and praised the virtues of Northern courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Z. Gallant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walking Tree Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783905703498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallant, Richard Z.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Z. Gallant earned his doctorate at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena, Germany under the tutelage of Prof. Dr. Thomas Honegger. This volume is a result of that doctoral work. Richard now lives in Weimar (Germany) with his daughter Aurelia and Pollux, their brown Labrador Retriever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Walking Tree Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939239526515,"sku":"9.78391E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ece6dd5f-482b-4260-8ef1-1ab083894e70.jpg?v=1758880204","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/germanic-heroes-courage-and-fate-northern-narratives-of-jrr-tolkiens-legendarium-9783905703498","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}