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Arda Inhabited : Environmental Relationships in the Lord of the Rings by Susan Jeffers is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Arda Inhabited : Environmental Relationships in the Lord of the Rings about?
With the box office successes of movies based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, familiarity with J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth is growing. Unfortunately, scholarship dealing with Middle-Earth itself is comparatively rare in Tolkien studies, and students and scholars seeking greater insight have few resources. Similarly, although public concern for the environment is widespread and “going green” has never been trendier, ecocriticism is also an underserved area of literary studies. Arda Inhabited fills a gap in both areas by combining ecocritical and broader postmodern concerns with the growing appreciation for Tolkien's Middle-Earth. Susan Jeffers looks at the way different groups and individuals in The Lord of the Rings interact with their environments. Drawing substantially on ecocritical theory, she argues that there are three main ways these groups relate to their setting: “power with,” “power from,” and “power over.” Ents, Hobbits, and Elves have “power with” their environments. Dwarves and Men draw “power from” their place, interacting with the world symbolically or dialectically. Sauron, Saruman, and Orcs all stand as examples of narcissistic solipsism that attempts
Who reads Arda Inhabited : Environmental Relationships in the Lord of the Rings?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Susan Jeffers
- Publisher
- The Kent State University Press; Kent State University Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781612778549
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Science
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14