J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat (Mythic Mind, ep. 181)
Mythic MindEpisode 181
J.R.R. Tolkien and the Long Defeat (Mythic Mind, ep. 181)
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What does the future hold? What has been let go by the past? How should we view the moving horizon?
In this episode, I draw from Tolkien’s letters, The Lord of the Rings, and his essays, “The Monsters and the Critics” and “On Fairy-Stories,” to discuss his concept of The Long Defeat.
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