Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Tolkien, St. Andrews, and Dragons
• 2. The Fairy story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis
• 3. Tolkien's Mythopoesis
• 4. Tolkien, Creation, and Creativity
• 5. Tolkien and the Future of Literary studies
• 6. Tolkien and the Subversion of Power
• 7. Tolkien's Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean
• Bibliography
• List of contributors

About the Author

Trevor Hart is Professor of Divinity and Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, St Andrews. Ivan Khovacs is Lecturer at the Institute of Theology, Imagination and the Arts, St Andrews.

Reviews

* "This slim volume addresses issues that lie nearest to the heart of Tolkien as a maker of Fantasy. The result is a fresh and provocative literary and theological analysis of Tolkien's oeuvre that is both enlightening and persuasive." - Christopher W Mitchell, Wheaton College