Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-Earth Beyond the Middle Ages - Hardcover
by Holly Ordway
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Word on Fire AcademicISBN-13:9781943243723ISBN-10:1943243727UPC:9781943243723Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Christianity, Science Fiction & FantasyBook Topic:Literature & the ArtsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCM4083J43
Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-Earth Beyond the Middle Ages
Tolkien's Modern Reading addresses the claim that Tolkien "read very little modern fiction, and took no serious notice of it." This claim, made by one of his first biographers, has led to the widely accepted view that Tolkien was dismissive of modern culture, and that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are fundamentally medieval and nostalgic in their inspiration. In fact, as Holly Ordway...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Word on Fire AcademicISBN-13:9781943243723ISBN-10:1943243727UPC:9781943243723Book Category:Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Christianity, Science Fiction & FantasyBook Topic:Literature & the ArtsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.50 inchesWeight:1.6006Product ID:SCM4083J43
Holly Ordway is the Cardinal Francis George Professor of Faith and Culture at the Word on Fire Institute and Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Christian University. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a Subject Editor for the Journal of Inklings Studies. Her book Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-earth Beyond the Middle Ages received the 2022...
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