Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits (review)
review cannot justly illustrate the suggestiveness of Lewis's work: there is much to think about here, and more to be written about modernism and religious experience. At points underlying premises could be more explicit (particularly regarding the significance of biography) or fuller discussion beneficial. It matters that churchgoing scenes typically immerse characters whose beliefs are indeterminate or Protestant in monumental Catholic edifices, and juxtaposing Joyce and a thinker from a Catholic milieu with the other figures studied here could be of interest. These are minor concerns, however, about a book that should prove to be very influential.