Splintered Light
From Tolkien Gateway
| Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World | |
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| Author | Verlyn Flieger |
| Publisher | Kent State University Press |
| Released | November 2002 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 0873387449 |
Synopsis
In a completely revised version of her 1983 edition, Flieger (English, U. of Maryland, College Park) uses Owen Barfield's linguistic concept of fragmented meaning to assert the centrality of a theme of splintered light in Tolkien's work. Emphasizing the usefulness of Tolkien's The Silmarillion as a guide to his thought, Flieger traces the repeated and spiritual theme of things and people fragmented to become whole again.
