{"product_id":"reading-tolkien-in-chinese-religion-fantasy-and-translation-paperback","title":"Reading Tolkien in Chinese: Religion, Fantasy and Translation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Reinders\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Sangster\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDimitra Fimi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApproaching translations of Tolkien's works as stories in their own right, this book reads multiple Chinese translations of Tolkien's writing to uncover the new and unique perspectives that enrich the meaning of the original texts. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hobbit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Silmarillion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Hurin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unfinished Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, Eric Reinders reveals the mechanics of meaning by literally back-translating the Chinese into English to dig into the conceptual common grounds shared by religion, fantasy and translation, namely the suspension of disbelief, and questions of truth - literal, allegorical and existential. With coverage of themes such as gods and heathens, elves and 'Men', race, mortality and immortality, fate and doom, and language, Reinder's journey to Chinese Middle-earth and back again drastically alters views on Tolkien's work where even basic genre classification surrounding fantasy literature look different through the lens of Chinese literary expectations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInvoking scholarship in Tolkien studies, fantasy theory and religious and translations studies, this is an ambitious exercises in comparative imagination across cultures that suspends the prejudiced hierarchy of originals over translations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Reinders\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion, at Emory University, USA, where he teaching courses on Chinese religion, relation and fantasy, and Tolkien. He has published on many aspects of the interactions of China and the West. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Narratives of Hayao Miyazaki\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and his articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45643498979430,"sku":"9781350374683","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hio2SP1Dyt9781350374683.webp?v=1779361478","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/reading-tolkien-in-chinese-religion-fantasy-and-translation-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}