How We Became Middle-earth (Cormare Series, No. 13)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Dedication......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of Abbreviations and Associated Terminologies......Page 10
The Lord of the Rings Filmography......Page 11
Foreword – Straddling the Date Line in The Lord of the Rings......Page 12
PART ONE – The (Research) Fellowship of the Ring......Page 26
01 Introduction – The Journey of the Ringbearers......Page 28
02 The (Research) Fellowship – Short Autobiographical Journals......Page 34
03 Creating Middle-earth – The Insiders' Views......Page 58
PART TWO – A World Consumed by Two Towers......Page 88
Section I – Film Tours and New Zealand's Postcolonial Identity......Page 90
04 Postcards from the Shire – Global Impressions of New Zealand after The Lord of the Rings......Page 92
05 Theme/Film Noir – The Disappearing of Illusion into Integral Reality......Page 112
06 Seeing the Promised Land from Afar – The Perception of New Zealand by Overseas The Lord of the Rings Audiences......Page 132
07 Whose Middle-earth Is It? – Reading The Lord of the Rings and New Zealand's New Identity from a Globalized, Post-Colonial Perspective......Page 154
Section II – Modernity, Ecology, Space and Environmentalism......Page 172
08 One Wall and No Roof Make a House – The Illusion of Space and Place in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings......Page 174
09 Digital Perfection or Will Middle-earth Be the Death of New Zealand?......Page 194
10 Blockbuster Pastoral – An Ecocritical Reading of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings......Page 210
11 Millennialism in Middle-earth – An Examination of the Relevance of The Lord of the Rings......Page 222
Section III – The Pilgrims in and beyond the Tale......Page 238
12 All I Really Need to Know about New Zealand I Learned from Peter Jackson......Page 240
13 To Sex up The Lord of the Rings – Jackson's Feminine Approach in His "Sub-Creation"......Page 254
14 In Light of Zen Buddhism – Reading Frodo Baggins's Journey to Rivendell......Page 264
15 The Weight of Existence – A Camusian Analysis of Frodo's Journey......Page 282
PART THREE – Where Does the King Return to?......Page 292
Section IV – Interpretations Forever......Page 294
16 Surprised by Joy – Eucatastrophe in Tolkien's and Jackson's The Lord of the Rings......Page 296
17 J.R.R. Tolkien and the Child Reader – Images of Inheritance and Resistance in The Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter......Page 316
18 One Ring to Rule Them All – Power and Surveillance in the Film Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings......Page 336
Section V – Tale after Tale......Page 350
19 Extending the Tale – An Analysis of The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions......Page 352
20 Breaking of the Fellowship – Competing Discourses of Archives and Canons in The Lord of the Rings Internet Fandom......Page 372
Section VI – The Lord of the Games......Page 396
21 Lord of the Games? – Father and Son Review The Lord of the Rings Video Games......Page 398
22 Will an Online Virtual Middle-earth Stand a Chance?......Page 418
CONCLUSIONS......Page 430
23 A Road to Erewhon – Waiting for the King to Return......Page 432
24 A Journey to Erewhon or a Journey to Nowhere?......Page 440
Index......Page 450
Walking Tree Publishers......Page 459
Back Cover......Page 462