Mastodawn

Gli studiosi marxisti alle prese con Tolkien e le interpretazioni «jamesoniane» della sua opera a partire da un articolo su Internazionale.

Giap

The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Gerry Canavan (PDF)
Author: Gerry Canavan
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#Science, #GerryCanavan

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"Lord of the Rings" meant much to me in my early adolescence, but I have not reread it since then and have no current plans to do so.

Nevertheless, this piece's claim that LOTR should not be dismissed as simplistic reaction fascinated me.

This fascination stems in part from views I already espoused regarding the political potency of fantasy and magic in the arts and literature.

For example...

The Lord of the Rings is a book obsessed with ruins, bloodlines, and the divine right of aristocrats. Why are so many on the left able to love it?

Dissent Magazine

#GerryCanavan #wapo . . .and sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
If one looks long enough, everything is prejudiced

« Dial of Destiny » is an opportunity to descend into the catacombs and examine the books that inspired the archaeologist’s adventures.

The Washington Post