Tolkien the Medievalist by Jane Chance

Author:Jane Chance [Chance, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Medievalism - England - History - 20th Century, England, Medieval, Middle Earth (Imaginary Place), Humanities, Medievalism in Literature, 20th Century, History and Criticism, Medievalism, Literature; Medieval - Appreciation - England, General, Appreciation, Literary Criticism, Fantasy Fiction; English - History and Criticism, Mythology in Literature, Literature; Medieval, Tolkien; J. R. R - Knowledge and Learning, Fantasy Fiction; English, Middle Ages in Literature, History
ISBN: 9780415289443
Google: HRUcd8Ktq7AC
Amazon: 0415473489
Goodreads: 451021
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

Possessive hesitancy

In the second example, both quotations depict the pull of the possessiveness of materiality resulting in the Seafarer's and the Elves' hesitancy to leave, even though the departure has the promise of a greater reward. Their longing to depart on the journey home is great, but they sorrow because of the precious things left behind. The Seafarer must leave his family, society, and familiar daily life for the uncertainty of a journey into the unknown. Although he holds the wen , "expectation," of bliss, his faith is not as tangible a source of strength as experience in the face of the unknown.

For þon nis þæs modwlonc mon ofer eorþan,

ne his gifena þæs god, ne in geoguþe to þæs hwæt,

ne in his dædum to þæs deor, ne him his dryhten to þæs hold,

þæt he a his sæfore sorge næbbe,

to hwon hine Dryhten gedon wille.

Ne biþ to hearpan hyge ne to hringþege –

ne to wife wyn ne to worulde hyht –

ne ymbe owiht elles nefne ymb yða gewealc;

ac a hafað longunge se þe on lagu fundað.

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