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A review by lizshayne
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World by Verlyn Flieger
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
It's always fun when you can't decide whether to tag something theory or theology.
I really appreciate Flieger's work as a scholar of Tolkien and what she does here in unpacking the way that Tolkien uses light in particular as many things ranging from enlightenment to brightening the world to the methods by which we see and are seen and how that shapes the Silmarillion.
It's really good. I'm not sure how it lands if you aren't also reading Silm alongside it or if you aren't constantly thinking about the world through the lens of Tolkien's dualisms.
Anyway, when someone gets bored, write me a paper on Rebbe Nachman, the Rav, and Tolkien because there is definitely some theological *there* there in the use of polarities.
I really appreciate Flieger's work as a scholar of Tolkien and what she does here in unpacking the way that Tolkien uses light in particular as many things ranging from enlightenment to brightening the world to the methods by which we see and are seen and how that shapes the Silmarillion.
It's really good. I'm not sure how it lands if you aren't also reading Silm alongside it or if you aren't constantly thinking about the world through the lens of Tolkien's dualisms.
Anyway, when someone gets bored, write me a paper on Rebbe Nachman, the Rav, and Tolkien because there is definitely some theological *there* there in the use of polarities.