02491cam a2200385 i 4500 411431470 TxAuBib 20200121120000.0 150114s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015930874 9780718021764 0718021762 9780718091453 0718091450 (OCoLC)910568768 TxAuBib rda Loconte, Joe, 1961- A hobbit, a wardrobe, and a great war : how J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism in the cataclysm of 1914-1918 / Joseph Loconte. Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2015] xix, 235 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index. The funeral of a great myth -- The last battle -- In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit -- The lion, the witch, and the war -- The land of shadow -- That hideous strength -- Conclusion: The Return of the King. "The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis"--Amazon.com. For a generation of men and women, the First World War brought the end of innocence-- and the end of faith. Yet for J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the Great War deepened their spiritual quest. Both men served as soldiers on the Western Front, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination. Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia. Loconte shows how the two writers created works that gave an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment. 20200121. Tolkien, J. R. R (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Criticism and interpretation. Tolkien, J. R. R (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Religion. Lewis, C. S (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 Criticism and interpretation. Lewis, C. S (Clive Staples), 1898-1963 Religion. World War, 1914-1918. Literature and society England History 20th century.