In this conclusion, we look at Tolkien’s thoughts on art and the place his work occupies in the social landscape, and in particular, the importance of cultivating appropriate interpretive modes.
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Part Two: A look at how Tolkien’s use of setting, violence and power severely contrasts with Jackson’s depiction of them in the films.
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Part One: how Tolkien defines fantasy, its relationship to escapism, and how this contrasts with popular definitions of the terms.
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Thomas Ward offers a brief but intriguing look at the thought of Bl. John Duns Scotus, the great Catholic scholastic and theologian.
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Francis Tiso examines the phenomenon of the rainbow body and draws theoretical comparisons to the Christian doctrine of resurrection. Or, what exactly is happening to mystics in Tibet?
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With his second novel, Mishima made landfall in the West. The book is far more about the mask, however, than the confessions.
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In his first major work in sixteen years, Cormac McCarthy attempts to reckon the length and breadth of existence in The Passenger.
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Evelyn Waugh’s debut novel, Decline and Fall, is not usually considered alongside other works of dystopia. It should be.
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Tolkien’s work has long been the subject of fandom, but this has been a net negative for his literature’s reception and interpretation.
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In The Hobbit, Tolkien famously depicts a children’s story about an adventuring English bachelor, but beneath this is a meditation on providence.
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