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Tag Archives: LOTR
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War
A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great War © 2014 Joseph Loconte 256 pages When some future Gibbon writes of the Decline and Fall of Western Civilization, he will have to devote a great deal of attention to the Great … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S.Lewis, Classics and Literary, Inklings, JRR Tolkien, literature, LOTR, Narnia, The Great War
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On the Shoulders of Hobbits
On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis© 2012 Louis Markos235 pages Fairy tales don’t teach children that dragons exist; they know dragons exist. Fairy tales teach children that dragons can be defeated. GKC declared … Continue reading
Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth
Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth © 2002 Brad Birzer 255 pages How better to kick off Read of England than by visiting the world of Tolkien, who has enraptured readers for decade after decade now? Tolkien is not merely an … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Birzer, Catholicism, Christian humanism, Christianity, JRR Tolkien, LOTR, mythology
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