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Ralph C. Wood

(1942)

8 quotes in 13 categories

[Wikidata] American academic... | [Wikipedia] Ralph C. Wood is a scholar of theology and English literature, with a special interest in Christian writers, mainly of fiction, including J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, and Dorothy Sayers.

Quick Facts About Ralph C. Wood

Born: June 28, 1942

Quotes by Ralph C. Wood

“To console Pippin about the treachery of Gollum, Gandalf reminds him that "a traitor may betray himself and do good that he…

Betrayal

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“The Gospel is the ultimate fairy-story, Tolkien concludes, because it contains "the greatest and most complete conceivable eucatastrophe.... There is no tale…

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“to shrink the circle of intimate community to the smallest possible circumference. This is the spoiling of faithful friendship.”

Community

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“What makes Galadriel such a remarkable figure is her serenity amidst the coming defeat of her realm and her people. Far from…

Failure

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“Tolkien understands the odd danger posed by virtue cut off from the Good. Over and again, he demonstrates his fundamental conviction that…

Character

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“Here Tolkien states, in indirect form, one of the deepest of Christian truths: all love that is not ordered to the love…

Christian truth

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“Tolkien reveals that our personalities take on the quality of our acts. Outward behavior manifests inward convictions, whether for good or ill.…

Evil man

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“satirical against those who called him an escapist for creating the fantastic world of Middle-earth: "The notion that motor-cars are more `alive'…

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