Critical Essays on Tolkien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Child of the 7th Age · 04-10-2003, 03:46 PM

Helen and Esty,

I hate to cut into this great discussion, but just wanted to suggest one more title that looks at Tolkien from a slightly different vantage---Patrick Curry, Defending Middle-earth, Tolkien: Myth and Modernity.

He says that LotR is a powerful statement about the central conflict of the modern world: the struggle of community, nature and spirit against the modern union of state-power, capital, and technology. You may or may not agree with him, but it's interesting reading.

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Child of the 7th Age Spirit of the Lonely Star Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,133	Helen and Esty, I hate to cut into this great discussion, but just wanted to suggest one more title that looks at Tolkien from a slightly different vantage---Patrick Curry, Defending Middle-earth, Tolkien: Myth and Modernity. He says that LotR is a powerful statement about the central conflict of the modern world: the struggle of community, nature and spirit against the modern union of state-power, capital, and technology. You may or may not agree with him, but it's interesting reading. [ April 10, 2003: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ] __________________ Multitasking women are never too busy to vote.