"Medieval Contexts in Modern Fantasy Fiction: J. R. R. Tolkien and George R. R. Martin"

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Introduction. The Past in the Heroic Tradition 9Part One: The Account of The Argument 9

Part Two: The Backward Look 21

Chapter I. The Tradition of The Heroic Myth 37Medieval Context: The Medieval Idea of the Myth 37

The Heroic Myth in the Work of J. R. R. Tolkien: Elendil 53

The Heroic Myth in the Work of George R. R. Martin: Nymeria 63

Chapter II. The Motif of the Forest 80The Forest in the Medieval Literary Tradition 80

The Forest in the Work of J. R. R. Tolkien 102

The Forest in in the Work of George R. R. Martin 165

Chapter III. Sound and Silence: the Legacy of Medieval Aural Perception 223The Medieval Model of Aural Perception 223

Sound and Acoustic Space in the Work of J. R. R. Tolkien 242

Sound and Acoustic Space in the Work of George R. R. Martin 273

Conclusion 315

Bibliography 319