Tolkien's Modern Reading: Middle-Earth Beyond the Middle Ages

by Holly Ordway

Book Overview

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 demonstrates in this major corrective,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943243727
• ISBN13: 9781943243723
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Word on Fire Academic
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"