A hobbit, a wardrobe, and a great war : how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism in the cataclysm of 1914-1918

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The work A hobbit, a wardrobe, and a great war : how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism in the cataclysm of 1914-1918 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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A hobbit, a wardrobe, and a great war : how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism in the cataclysm of 1914-1918

Title remainder

how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism in the cataclysm of 1914-1918

Statement of responsibility

Joseph Loconte

Creator

• Loconte, Joe, 1961-

Author

• Loconte, Joe, 1961-

Subject

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• England
• History
• Lewis, C. S., (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
• Lewis, C. S., (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Lewis, C. S., (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 -- Religion
• Literature and society
• 1900 - 1999.
• Religion
• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973
• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Tolkien, J. R. R., (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 -- Religion
• World War, 1914-1918
• Literature and society -- England -- History -- 20th century
• 1900-1999

Genre

• History
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

• "The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis"--Amazon.com
• For a generation of men and women, the First World War brought the end of innocence-- and the end of faith. Yet for J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the Great War deepened their spiritual quest. Both men served as soldiers on the Western Front, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination. Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia. Loconte shows how the two writers created works that gave an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment

Cataloging source

TOH

Dewey number

• 823.912
• 823

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

PR6039.O32

LC item number

Z6916 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography