On Eagles' Wings: An Exploration of Eucatastrophe in Tolkien's Fantasy

If you are at all familiar with Tolkiens work then Bilbos cry - proclaiming the arrival of Eagles - will be no stranger to you. Indeed these plot-armoured birds are somewhat of a hallmark of the Master of Middle-Earth one rejoiced over and lampooned in equal measure by both lovers and critics of his writing.But they are misunderstood. Tolkiens Eagles cannot be taken literally; they are a narrative embodiment of the unlooked-for grace the redemptive turn - winged harbingers of Tolkiens concept of eucatastrophe.Anna Thayer has been fascinated inspired and led by this concept since childhood. This book represents a eucatastrophe casebook of sorts spanning over ten years of research. It is a series of investigations into Tolkiens work that reveal how overarching this theory was in his writing and mindset.