Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages by Jane Chance, Alfred Siewers

Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages

The New Middle Ages

Jane Chance, Alfred Siewers

264 pages first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to create a critique of the modern world in his fantasy, yet did so in a form of modernist literature with postmodern implications and huge commercial success. These essays examine that paradox and its si...

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