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Journey to the Imaginal Realm is a celebration of Tolkien\'s work, and an inquiry into the profound nature of imagination, which is capable of bringing forth a world as vast as Middle-earth..
The Guide explores Tolkien\'s theory of sub-creation, the immersive experience of Fa rian Dramas, and most importantly, his notion of the realm of Fa rie.
This reader\'s Guide seeks to understand the Imaginal experiences Tolkien may have encountered that led to the writing of his stories.
In some of his letters, Tolkien described his process of writing as one of discovery, in which he waited to find out what really happened, feeling as though he was recording what was already \'there, \' somewhere.
Tolkien was a lover of language and a philologist by profession, and his invented languages form the heart of his tales.
The close reading of the text is paired with relevant biographical information from Tolkien\'s life, including the loss of both his parents at a young age, the central role of friendship in his life, his participation in the First World War, and his exquisite romance with his wife Edith.
Tolkien\'s magnum opus, drawing attention to the subtle details, recalling moments of foreshadowing, and illuminating underlying patterns and narrative threads throughout the story.
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The Lord of the Rings has become a myth for our time.
The Lord of the Rings is a book treated by many as a sacred text, one to be returned to year after year, or read aloud with loved ones.
The story has a timeless quality to it, and engages with a complex struggle between good and evil, death and immortality, power and freedom.
The Lord of the Rings has been a beloved story to several generations since its publication in the mid-1950s.
Tolkien\'s The Lord of the Rings offers a Journey into the world of Middle-earth, exploring the grand themes and hidden nuances of Tolkien\'s epic story, connecting The Lord of the Rings to the larger mythology of Middle-earth, and situating Tolkien\'s process of writing within his own powerful experiences of the Imaginal realm.
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