Christopher A. Snyder
Forfatter af The Making of Middle-earth: A New Look Inside the World of J. R. R. Tolkien
Om forfatteren
Christopher A. Snyder is Associate Professor of European History and Chair of the Department of History and Politics at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia.
Værker af Christopher A. Snyder
Gatsby's Oxford: Scott, Zelda, and the Jazz Age Invasion of Britain: 1904-1929 (2019) 16 eksemplarer
Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering Virtue Ethics Through J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (2020) 13 eksemplarer
Exploring the World of King Arthur 1 eksemplar
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- 1966-01-15
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In this book Christopher Snyder looks at much of the history and literary giants who came through the prestigious university or were in some way connected. Fitzgerald visited the campus and was influenced by the culture and romance of the institution that led to his writings and influences in these novels. The author connects this with a medieval link of the honor and nature of knighthood. Though it can be meandering at times the book does a good job of illustrating the influence of the college on young men who either marched off to war or wrote about it. Eventually it transformed into the aftermath that became the wandering soles of the jazz age and the Gatsby types that were connected to it.… (mere)