Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages
This collection examines how J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to fashion a critique of the modern world that is postmodern in implication, subversive in nature, and oddly still traditionalist in motivation, in a way that is relevant to current debate over forging workable cross-cultural...
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This collection examines how J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to fashion a critique of the modern world that is postmodern in implication, subversive in nature, and oddly still traditionalist in motivation, in a way that is relevant to current debate over forging workable cross-cultural coalitions on pressing global problems.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781403969736 (1403969736)
Publish date: November 19th 2005
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 264
Edition language: English
Series: The New Middle Ages