The Mirror Crack'd

Book cover of The Mirror Crack'd: Fear and Horror in JRR Tolkien's Major Works

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Fear and horror are an inextricable part of Tolkien's great mythology and his use of medieval sources for his evocations of fear and horror contribute to the distinctive tone of his work. This collection of essays shows how his masterly narrative techniques transform his sources, both familiar and unfamiliar, so…

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1 author picked The Mirror Crack'd as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Janet Brennan Croft

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I love a good, solid, chewy book of critical essays around a specific theme—I know, it’s a specialized taste. This is a good one.

Yes, I’d love to tramp peacefully around Middle-earth with the field guide I reviewed above, but there are horrors there as well, and this collection gives Tolkien’s dragons, wolves, spiders, and other monsters their due.

From Janet's list on adventure in the Tolkien criticism.