J.R.R. Tolkien's The Monsters and the Critics (Mythic Mind, ep. 133)

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J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Monsters and the Critics (Mythic Mind, ep. 133)

Dr. Andrew Snyder

19 January 2026

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We are continuing through the Life, Death, and Meaning with Beowulf and Boethius course that I led in the Fall of 2024 with Tolkien’s essay, “The Monsters and the Critics,” in which he argues that Beowulf is best approached as fantasy.

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