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100 1  Amendt-Raduege, Amy,|d1968-|eauthor. 
245 14 The Sweet and the Bitter :|bDeath and Dying in J. R. R. 
       Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings /|cAmy Amendt-Raduege. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bThe Kent State 
       University Press,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c©2018 
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520    In 1956, J. R. R. Tolkien famously stated that the real 
       theme of The Lord of the Rings was "Death and 
       Immortality." The deaths that underscore so much of the 
       subject matter of Tolkien's masterpiece have a great deal 
       to teach us. From the heroic to the humble, Tolkien draws 
       on medieval concepts of death and dying to explore the 
       glory and sorrow of human mortality. Three great themes of
       death link medieval Northern European culture, The Lord of
       the Rings, and contemporary culture: the way in which we 
       die, the need to remember the dead, and above all the 
       lingering apprehension of what happens after death. Like 
       our medieval ancestors, we still talk about what it means 
       to die as a hero, a traitor, or a coward; we still make 
       decisions about ways to honor and remember the departed; 
       and we continue to seek to appease and contain the dead. 
       These themes suggest a latent resonance between medieval 
       and modern cultures and raise an issue not generally 
       discussed in contemporary Western society: our deeply 
       rooted belief that how one dies in some way matters. While
       Tolkien, as a medieval scholar, naturally draws much of 
       his inspiration from the literature, folklore, and legends
       of the Middle Ages, the popularity of his work affirms 
       that modern audiences continue to find these tropes 
       relevant and useful. From ideas of "good" and "bad" deaths
       to proper commemoration and disposal of the dead, and even
       to ghost stories, real people find comfort in the ideas 
       about death and dying that Tolkien explores. "The Sweet 
       and the Bitter": Death and Dying in J. R. R. Tolkien's The
       Lord of the Rings examines the ways in which Tolkien's 
       masterwork makes visible the connections between medieval 
       and modern conceptions of dying and analyzes how 
       contemporary readers use The Lord of the Rings as a tool 
       for dealing with death. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Tolkien, J. R. R.|q(John Ronald Reuel),|d1892-1973.|tLord 
       of the rings. 
650  0 Death in literature. 
650  7 LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.|2bisacsh 
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