Article Title
Abstract
Illustrates how the First Age narratives in The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales implement key ideas from Aristotle’s Poetics. Identifies the history of the first age as Aristotelian epic-tragedy.
Recommended Citation
Greenman, David
(1988)
"The Silmarillion as Aristotelian Epic-Tragedy,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 14
:
No.
3
, Article 4.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol14/iss3/4