This collection examines how J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages tofashion a critique of the modern world that is postmodern in implicationsubversive in ... » 

This collection examines how J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages tofashion a critique of the modern world that is postmodern in implicationsubversive in nature and oddly still traditionalist in motivation. Chance alsoexplains the popularity of his works their relevancy today and theircontested literary significance in academia. «