Tolkien's Requiem

Tolkien's Requiem: Concerning Beren and Lúthien is a book written by John Carswell, the co-host of The Tolkien Road podcast, who in 2014 founded TrueMyths.org. It serves as a basic introduction to The Silmarillion and a study specifically of "Of Beren and Lúthien" - written in 2014, and published in paperback by True Myths Press.
==Synopsis==
The book aims to introduce or reintroduce to J.R.R. Tolkien's tale of Beren and Lúthien, give exposition on the fundamental conflicts of the First Age that preceded their time, and illuminate Tolkienian concepts of escape, recovery, consolation, and eucatastrophe (an idea Tolkien coined).
Its first half chiefly concerns Morgoth and Ungoliant's destruction of the Two Trees of Valinor and the deeds and flaws of Fëanor relating to the Silmarils. Carswell examines the many manifestations of evil and corrupted self-loves that take prominence in those tales, comparing Morgoth and Ungoliant's motives for their causing destruction, Ungoliant to Gollum, Fëanor to Morgoth, Morgoth to the Dragons of the Third Age, and Gorlim to the failure of Frodo at Mount Doom.
Following this, the tale of Beren and Lúthien is studied. Carswell concludes towards at the end that the love of Beren and Lúthien "puts right" the catastrophe of the destruction of the Two Trees.
==Table of contents==
*A Brief Introduction to Certain Names
#The Seed of Middle-earth
#Fëanor, Melkor, and the Tragedy of the Two Trees
#Further Dyscatastrophes
#The Eucatastophe of Beren and Lúthien
#Consolation
*Postscript
*Works Cited
== External link ==
* Tolkien's Requiem at Amazon.com
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